Isabella could only shrug at him. She knew whose it really was, hers. Oh, she knew it, and she was hitting herself for it. It was a little dull dealing solely with Sirius, intoxicating as his very presence was. She enjoyed a change of pace from the rough, hard edges of the Thistle King with a softer man, where she could feign innocence and stupidity. It was refreshing, even if a bit degrading, to be something other than she was. A break was nice, but her intelligence as a terrible comfort. "Yes, maybe. Perhaps my stint in French dulled me to English, and your words more so." It seemed cruel to insult the man's speaking but he did have a strange accent and stinted lingual patterns.
"Thank you, monsieur." Her words were soft, like a flower petal. She looked at the man as he turned away, to fumble with the bottles. Eyes impassive, she wondered what it would have been like. Perhaps it was better not to think about, since things that were soft tended to satisfy too quickly and left one not hungry for more. She might enjoy a night or two with a man like this, but it would grow tiresome and bothersome too quickly. Isabella turned her mare back toward Salsola, careful to keep the path she headed to be north of it, to make it seem as though it was not her destination. Even as she left, she did not deign to give a backward glance. This was not for the likes of her.
Photo courtesy of john curley. Table by Kitty.
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