Padding from the stables, her footfalls crunched over icy snow and the sound was sharp and abrasive in her ears. Spring was upon them, evident by the pools of snowmelt that would freeze over again after the sun set and night fell and by the cacophonous music of songbirds as they sought out partners for another season of trysts and childbearing. Soon, the greys and browns of winter would melt away and verdant color, with pops of crimson and violet and canary, would return to the Court and the neutral lands near and far. The world would warm and the sun would paint everything in golden light once more.
Spring was a time of new beginnings and, as Thyri neared the hotel, the urge to forgive her father and start their relationship anew felt healthy and strong. She was ready, finally.
To say that she had been avoiding her father would not have been far from the truth, though she did not go out of her way to do so. Since their talk, since the hurtful things that she had said and the loving ones that she hadn't, Thyri had been keeping her mind occupied with other things. There was the trip to Amherst, where she informed Myrkr of their mother's death, and then the delivery of some of Shiloh's ashes to the Sacred Grove; there was the poetry reading and the alliance ball with Casa di Cavalieri and, of course, the construction of their new home in Les Champs d'Or.
But the fact remained that, despite all these activities and responsibilities, Thyri could have made time for her father. But she chose not to. In an uncharacteristic turn of events, she chose avoidance over confrontation.
Not any more.
"Dad?" she asked, following his scent into the library of the Hotel. "Can I... Can we talk?"
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