Everything Adria wants to say gets taken right off her tongue by the taller black female. Clayton seemed at a loss for words now when before he’d been so full of them, but Adria knows why. He had all the right things to say when the situation was to his advantage, except now that he was cornered and forced into taking responsibility for those spoken words he suddenly couldn’t find the strength. On the Island they believed that wishes and curses said aloud were binding magic not be taken lightly, now Adria understood those tales all the better. Everything made sense in a sharp, unnecessary way.
Whoever the other woman is makes no difference. Adria’s anger and disappointment weren’t meant for her but for the horned stallion making them both look like simple fools. There’s a tense energy sparkling between the three, the Nereid can feel it, so she glides forward and places her nose to Caelestra’s shoulder in a show of solidarity. Perhaps they’d both had the wool yanked clean over their eyes, but they needn’t suffer individually in the face of their mutual tormentor.
“You cad.” Adria scolds Clayton, standing firm beside the shadowy mare to pin him with a look that could be venomous. Her ears had lowered long ago. “Kannay; no King of mine.” She spits the insult, her chest trembling in a rush of emotional adrenaline. “I would not have cared but for the dishonesty, Clayton.” The water horse explains, shaking her head and finally turning her eyes away from him. It hurts to even acknowledge his presence. To let him see what his casual attitude has done to her.
“And Dawn?” Adria wonders, feeling a wave nausea overcome her. “Her too?! Is she really just a friend, or do you warm her side at night?” She asks, feeling close to some sort of breaking point as her exquisite head whips around. “Have you loved her like a wife Clayton? Tell me!” Her voice pitches high, demanding an answer. Finish it she wants to scream, just finish it and let me leave this place with no hope.
upon my journey i must go, to where the river flows
Adria
@[Clayton] @[Caelestra] h o r m o n a l