Owen snapped at her. She knew this stemmed from his need to be in control, but that didn't mean she had to like it. And she didn't. Her eyes narrowed at him almost imperceptibly as she cocked her head a touch to the side, trail bristling behind her head. He was also keeping something from her. Her ears stood at attention when he finished her sentence for her. He was trying to help, and she wished she didn't know him so well as to be able to tell when he was just saying what she wanted to hear.
She rolled her eyes upwards as he started to fix her coat, focusing on the hard line of his mouth; she knew it was another gesture for his benefit. It wasn't until he touched her, skin against skin, that she dropped her gaze and the tension she'd been holding in her shoulders. His reassurance was softer this time, and a breath she didn't know she had been holding fell outwards in a sigh.
Julianna stepped away from him. Just be anywhere else, was the unspoken order he was giving when he told her to call the school. Another secret, another problem, another threat, always tied to the Covenant. Had he not already been back at his desk, had he not already switched focus and forgotten about her she would have questioned him.
She did not often question him.
But this was their daughter.
Instead, she left him to his office. To his mysterious phone call. She closed the door behind her.
"Lieutenant General Hart," the person on the other end of the line repeated in lieu of a greeting. The speaker was masked by a voice changer, their position untraceable due to a scrambler, but they didn't bother to point those things out. He would discover the expert way they hid their steps. They were in a public place, the sounds of a busy street side could be heard in the background.
"Anita's wearing a sundress with yellow daisies on it, today," they informed him as if he wasn't already aware. "There are matching ribbons in her hair. And apparently, Anita's favorite flavor of ice cream is strawberry. Say hi to daddy, Anita." The harsh sound of the phone being rustled around could be heard, just before a jovial and excited 'hi, daddy!' filtered across the the line. The same rustling sound, more movement, and Anita's captor was back.
"You really should have reviewed stranger danger with your children, Lieutenant General."
She rolled her eyes upwards as he started to fix her coat, focusing on the hard line of his mouth; she knew it was another gesture for his benefit. It wasn't until he touched her, skin against skin, that she dropped her gaze and the tension she'd been holding in her shoulders. His reassurance was softer this time, and a breath she didn't know she had been holding fell outwards in a sigh.
Julianna stepped away from him. Just be anywhere else, was the unspoken order he was giving when he told her to call the school. Another secret, another problem, another threat, always tied to the Covenant. Had he not already been back at his desk, had he not already switched focus and forgotten about her she would have questioned him.
She did not often question him.
But this was their daughter.
Instead, she left him to his office. To his mysterious phone call. She closed the door behind her.
"Lieutenant General Hart," the person on the other end of the line repeated in lieu of a greeting. The speaker was masked by a voice changer, their position untraceable due to a scrambler, but they didn't bother to point those things out. He would discover the expert way they hid their steps. They were in a public place, the sounds of a busy street side could be heard in the background.
"Anita's wearing a sundress with yellow daisies on it, today," they informed him as if he wasn't already aware. "There are matching ribbons in her hair. And apparently, Anita's favorite flavor of ice cream is strawberry. Say hi to daddy, Anita." The harsh sound of the phone being rustled around could be heard, just before a jovial and excited 'hi, daddy!' filtered across the the line. The same rustling sound, more movement, and Anita's captor was back.
"You really should have reviewed stranger danger with your children, Lieutenant General."
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