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Her ears twitched at the sound of the wind outside of the manor, concerned to the worn wood and the people who lived inside for only a brief moment. As the stranger turned his head, her mind went quite blank, faced with a handsome Luperci instead of what she had expected to be something more unpleasant. His hair fell over a blue bandanna, ice eyes catching her ruby red ones. She turned her own away, out of unease rather than respect. She wasn't one to match gaze, knowing her eyes leaked emotion like rusted pipes leaked water.
Blackened claws tapped against the russet fur of her forearm, searching the floor in silence as while her ears remained alert to sounds that might indicate Halo was nearby. She was repulsed by the possibility of another unpleasant meeting with the Lykoi woman. She wasn't in the right sorts for one anyways. But it was just this man with the ice blue eyes and handsome features. It seemed she had been right; Halo wasn't there.
He agreed, voice heavy with an accent that she couldn't place. As he said her name, stretching the 'i', she looked up in surprise. Perhaps he was better known that she expected, or perhaps Halo had simply sung of her disappointment in her older cousin. The de le Poer princess faltered in response, only able to confirm by giving a brief nod of her head. Yes, her name was Talitha. He set the blanket on the floor before returning to his full height, her eyes following each movement.
He was definitely more wolf than she was, much like Gabriel, and reached a taller height than she herself did. Unlike with Gabriel, she found herself simply more intrigued by the hybrid. Her father was a figure of both adoration and shame, but this male was out of her reach of familiarity. She gazed at him with open eyes, pushing back prejudice that had been harbored for years. Like her father, he had proved himself to live within the skull-lined borders of her kingdom. Unlike her father, she wasn't obligated to accept him. A situation she hadn't been faced with before.
Her words finally returned and she cleared her throat to respond to him, after her long silence. "Yes, that's right. Talitha Lykoi." Her voice dropped to a whisper, glancing to the door that was before him, then to the blanket. "You're friends with my cousin?" she asked, voice lacing with subtle curiosity. Though she had nothing good to say personally on the subject of the younger woman, she knew Halo was strong and loyal, which boosted her in the crimson Massacre eyes of the Tirones.
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