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He cocked an ear in her direction, listening to her speak. The accent gave away that she had spent time in Europe, and her scent gave away she was a part of the pack his son had tried to destroy. It was her tone, however, that told him much more. A smile broke over his face, warping it and pulling back black gums to reveal off-white teeth.
“Well, you certainly are a Sadria,” he said with a laugh.
“Take after your mother, all right.”
Hunching over, he moved on to another plant, cut it free, and continued in the same matter as he spoke.
“Your family never knows when to just leave things alone, you know that? S’why they all get into trouble.” A point was made with a gesture from the knife, which caught the light as it broke through the gray sky. For the moment, at least, the snow slowed and reflected the sunlight, catching his translucent guard hair and setting it aflame.
He cocked an ear in her direction, listening to her speak. The accent gave away that she had spent time in Europe, and her scent gave away she was a part of the pack his son had tried to destroy. It was her tone, however, that told him much more. A smile broke over his face, warping it and pulling back black gums to reveal off-white teeth.
“Well, you certainly are a Sadria,” he said with a laugh.
“Take after your mother, all right.”
Hunching over, he moved on to another plant, cut it free, and continued in the same matter as he spoke.
“Your family never knows when to just leave things alone, you know that? S’why they all get into trouble.” A point was made with a gesture from the knife, which caught the light as it broke through the gray sky. For the moment, at least, the snow slowed and reflected the sunlight, catching his translucent guard hair and setting it aflame.