The girls’ ears flicked forwards eagerly as Nephilim came forth with a few small titbits of information about the mystery man that they were on their way to meet. Firethorn’s expression remained impassive, though her mismatched eyes focused a little more intently as he spoke. Foxglove, on the other hand, looked back at him with interest written clearly across her face, as if he were the font of all knowledge.

“Well that’s good to hear, isn’t it Firethorn?” she said with relief as he paused, glancing over to her sister to gauge her reaction which was, as usual, less than enthusiastic.

Foxglove couldn’t understand why her sister had to be such a killjoy, but for now she had Nephilim at least to entertain her. Firethorn wouldn’t stop her from enjoying his company again, even if she insisted on being miserable about it.

At Nephilim’s offer, Foxglove’s brown eyes only widened further in excitement at the opportunity to spend a little more time with him. Before she could accept his offer, however, Firethorn seemed to finally decide they were worth her attention again and re-entered the conversation swiftly.

“I’m sure we can make our own way,” she interjected bluntly, “if you just point us in the right direction.”

This interruption received a scowl from her sister, who quickly leapt in to make an attempt at rescuing the conversation before Nephilim’s pride was wounded.

“We’re not in any rush,” she disagreed as politely as she could manage, forcing her expression to soften as she turned back to address Nephilim. “Why don’t you show us around the Bay on the way there? I’d love to come and visit you sometime if we’re going to be living so nearby.”

She grinned. Firethorn looked mildly annoyed, but flicked her eyes at the stallion to hear what he had to say before she responded. Perhaps her sister had trouble understanding her coldness, but Firethorn couldn’t understand why Nephilim appealed to her so much either – for all they knew he was nothing but trouble.

foxglove && firethorn
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