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A response was not offered to the words the stranger gave her. Instead, Ryan watched interestedly as the woman worked easily and pointedly with the skull in her palms. The movements of her fingers made Ryan wonder whether or not she had any experience with sewing; she wouldn’t have been surprised, what with what seemingly ease she fed the twine through the orifices of the skull. Upon studying the woman’s appearance, Ryan could draw no logical conclusion of her heritage. When meeting Talitha, for example, the young Inferni woman had easily been able to identify the child as Gabriel’s. Even when she had caught Ahren’s glare, she knew there was de le Poer blood. This woman, however, still remained a mystery; her legacy unknown.
The footfall was what first alerted the no longer dress-clad girl to raise the crimson gaze towards Vexx’s approach. She did not worry that it was an intruder; he came too noisily, too hurried. Surely an enemy would take more care upon entering enemy lines. She recognized him once he came fully into view. She still remembered when she had first allowed him to stay in Inferni. Poor boy. She tried to recall… hadn’t he said something about losing his memory? Ryan tried to dissect her thoughts and think back to that meeting long ago, but she was distracted by Kaena’s voice. Ryan hadn’t even heard Vexx’s words having been lost in concentration. A thin smile appeared at the woman’s response. Inferni did have a sick sense of design. Perhaps it bothered Vexx just as it bothered Savina, Ryan’s best friend.
Unsurprisingly, Ryan hadn’t heard the name before. Perhaps it was shameful for the subleader not to know the history of her own clan, nor recognize the founder that stood before her, but Ryan would openly admit that she was still naïve to much about the clan. Its reputation Ryan had learned of outside of the clan borders. Still, none of it bothered her much. At least, not as much as it seemed to be upsetting the cinnamon colored boy. "I’m Ryan," addressing Kaena since the other was already aware. She raised her gaze from the Lykoi to look expectantly at Vexx.