05-09-2018, 09:00 PM
A sudden gusting of wind has me shivering, but it does not distract me from the way that Arthas' face falls. Unaware I am frowning, I turn my head, as though a better vantage might make the expression fade. No, there's a forced smile now, and my own frown is growing.
None noteworthy?
"So there are other women." I state flatly, the bright smile from moments before nowhere to be found. Of course there are. Mother had told me as much; men are faithless creatures, and kings the very worst of them. I know that I should not quell my emotions, that using my gift against myself is a terrible idea, but that does not stop me. I'd rather not feel the things that I feel, and so I make myself feel nothing.
I swallow, the motion unusually difficult, and do my best to smile. It's a decent mimicry, one that is enhanced as I forced myself into happiness. "No," I answer truthfully, "Though he did send two Ischians away rather rudely, and now has their former Keeper captive, along with a stallion named Jasper - also from Ischia. So if they were to attack, I would not be surprised."
None noteworthy?
"So there are other women." I state flatly, the bright smile from moments before nowhere to be found. Of course there are. Mother had told me as much; men are faithless creatures, and kings the very worst of them. I know that I should not quell my emotions, that using my gift against myself is a terrible idea, but that does not stop me. I'd rather not feel the things that I feel, and so I make myself feel nothing.
I swallow, the motion unusually difficult, and do my best to smile. It's a decent mimicry, one that is enhanced as I forced myself into happiness. "No," I answer truthfully, "Though he did send two Ischians away rather rudely, and now has their former Keeper captive, along with a stallion named Jasper - also from Ischia. So if they were to attack, I would not be surprised."
