She did not watch as her cousin crossed her arms, or as she sat. She barely heard her as she spoke, soft voice carrying away on the breeze. The world seemed surreal for a moment as Talitha's mind focused inward on itself. And then she turned her head, offering the false smile she had learned from Ezekiel de le Poer. It didn't seem to comfort the female beside her; her lips twitched and golden eyes returned to the sea, a sadness enveloping her as they sat in silence. She tried to offer consolation. Sage didn't need to be concerned, she was fine, but the strange Lykoi didn't seem convinced. Still, she turned her tan head back toward her dark, reddish cousin with a minute smile to color her sad features.
The hope she heard in the younger woman's voice was almost heartbreaking. After all, she knew that happiness was fleeting. She couldn't please Sage by truly feeling joy, though she would not hesitate to try. "Yes." Her voice was firm and commanding, trying to reassure the Praetorian without lying. At that moment, she was better. Company made her comfortable. Sage's company made her more so. With a sigh, she allowed her lackadaisical crimson gaze to return to the Saltbrooke. "What brings you here? To see the beach as well? Most of us don't like it." Us, she said, referring to the whole of Inferni. The only reason she even came to see it was due to fast fading memories of childhood. The beach brought back a life of happiness. When Faolin was still locked into the fiasco that was mateship with Gabriel.
Silently, she wondered if Gabriel would have left had Faolin remained. Would the golden collie whore have stolen him away? Would he have left his family, or would he have remained faithful? A brief, bitter laugh escaped her jaws as she cast a stone into the water with a soft plunk.
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