Adaria chuckled. Yes. This was indeed Arainai. She played her part as a member of the Royal house. While she rarely graced court with her presence, faring her books and tinkerings to the mundane plots played by those in her age group, she was not immune to the news, rumours, thoughts flicking through busy bodied minds.
[color=#9a00b2]“I remember my Father telling me of House Arainai. How he toasted and spat on the grave when it came to the funeral.”[/color] It was only fitting that a cruel and terrible man be given an equally disgraceful end. Just a man in a box, tossed off the end of a pier. To rot at the bottom of Antiva City’s harbour. [color=#9a00b2]“He did what he could to enforce his own change,”[/color] but what had that got him? Betrayal and later exile, forced into hiding and living on the run.
Her eyes drew back to his when he mentioned her father. Eyes narrowed slightly, a flicker of tension slipped into her shoulders. Her father’s knee? Suspicion melted into uncertainty. How close had these two men come within reach of one another? Shared a drink, or in her fathers case, been the one rescued from whatever misfortune had befallen him.
Adaria let out a bitter laugh that quickly faded into silence. With a sigh, she offered Zevran an acceptable curtsey. [color=#9a00b2]“The one and only. I must have been quite young then. Now I am more than a mere girl.” [/color]
[color=#9a00b2]“I remember my Father telling me of House Arainai. How he toasted and spat on the grave when it came to the funeral.”[/color] It was only fitting that a cruel and terrible man be given an equally disgraceful end. Just a man in a box, tossed off the end of a pier. To rot at the bottom of Antiva City’s harbour. [color=#9a00b2]“He did what he could to enforce his own change,”[/color] but what had that got him? Betrayal and later exile, forced into hiding and living on the run.
Her eyes drew back to his when he mentioned her father. Eyes narrowed slightly, a flicker of tension slipped into her shoulders. Her father’s knee? Suspicion melted into uncertainty. How close had these two men come within reach of one another? Shared a drink, or in her fathers case, been the one rescued from whatever misfortune had befallen him.
Adaria let out a bitter laugh that quickly faded into silence. With a sigh, she offered Zevran an acceptable curtsey. [color=#9a00b2]“The one and only. I must have been quite young then. Now I am more than a mere girl.” [/color]
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