pearl amongst oysters

Cambria Marino · 06-06-2011, 05:45 PM

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The last thing she had intended to do was to startle her aunt, but as the smell and sight of the carcass hit her those bright oceanic orbs widened and she felt an uncomfortable lurching in her stomach. Then her gaze lit upon the glint of the blood-stained knife pointed toward her and she took a frightened step back instinctively, her tail tucked up between her slender legs. Just as quickly as it had all started though the hostility left the air and she saw the usual smile of her beloved aunt. Still, her heart beat like a frightened bird's. "I-I will b-be," she stuttered out. It shouldn't have surprised her that Ghita might be on-edge, not after everything that had happened this winter. Thoughts of Nuki still sent shivers down the Medicus' spine. A murderer had been in their midst and none of them had known it until it was almost too late. Her mother would carry the scars of that mistake for the rest of her life.

Ghita patted an empty space beside her on the porch and Cambria quickly thawed her tensed muscles to meekly come and sit in the designated area. Her rear sat down on the weathered porch and she hugged her legs up to her chest. "I've been...okay." There was an unsteadiness to her voice that said quite the opposite though. Undoubtedly her aunt would pick up on it, but she would not go further in depth unless she was asked to. "How have you been Zia? How is your leg?" Dawali had done all he could to help set the broken limb and put Ghita on the road to recovery, but Cambi could tell it still bothered her at times.

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