07-10-2025, 07:17 AM
Wynters announces that her mother has given permission for her to leave the Gates, and Luvi’s brows lift in surprise. She glances toward her brother, whose silent nod confirms, and her grin grows wider.
“I think we should go to the Mountain.” Luvi says, ignoring the surprise on her taller brother’s face. She flicks her still damp tail, then adds conspiratorially: “If you come back able to breathe fire, I bet your mom would be more willing to let you go on more adventures.”
Though Luvi does not know of anyone who has been granted fire-breathing by the things that live in the Mountain, that certainly seems like something they’d be capable of doing. And breathing fire would certainly scare off any wolf or bear or biting snake, the biggest dangers that Luvi knows of. And perhaps the Mountain might give me a gift as well, Luvi does not say aloud. She barely dares to think it, lest Ravin guess at it by her expression alone.
Instead, she only watches Wynters, her brows lifted in anticipation and inquiry.
“I think we should go to the Mountain.” Luvi says, ignoring the surprise on her taller brother’s face. She flicks her still damp tail, then adds conspiratorially: “If you come back able to breathe fire, I bet your mom would be more willing to let you go on more adventures.”
Though Luvi does not know of anyone who has been granted fire-breathing by the things that live in the Mountain, that certainly seems like something they’d be capable of doing. And breathing fire would certainly scare off any wolf or bear or biting snake, the biggest dangers that Luvi knows of. And perhaps the Mountain might give me a gift as well, Luvi does not say aloud. She barely dares to think it, lest Ravin guess at it by her expression alone.
Instead, she only watches Wynters, her brows lifted in anticipation and inquiry.
