 She knew almost immediately, even as the words were leaving her mouth, that Nova would turn her offer down. It was too dark to make out the finer details of her friend’s expression, but the way Nova’s body shifted - and the heavy sigh she let out - told Evren everything.
The young mare snorted with frustration and threw her head up to stare at the black abyss above. Silently she asked herself what her father would have done, or even her brother. Orhan would have been cautious, she knew without a doubt - her father had always been one to tiptoe carefully around outsiders, and would have done all he could not to upset the delicate balance of peace. Koray, on the other hand… He was a man of action, which Evren had always considered one of his positive traits. But she knew that he would have handled this situation poorly, stealing Nova away without a care as to the fallout it would cause.
There had to be a middle ground….
Evren had been quiet for some moments, and finally she sighed. “Someway, somehow, we will find a solution to this. If I win tomorrow… I will come back for you, I promise. I won’t leave you here, Vita. You deserve better.”
To show her friend she meant it, she rested her chin on Nova’s withers.
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