Rylan lifted her head just enough so he could get to whatever he was working at. Ears pricked to attention as he silently held the ring out to her. She lifted a hand to reach for it, but paused, fingers poised and hesitant to make contact with the jewelry. A trio of diamonds in a simple setting sparkled even in the dim lighting of the bar, a matching band hung further down. She rolled her eyes up to look at him, as if asking permission, but she didn’t wait for a confirmation before she took the ring from him.
Her ears fell to either side to make room for him, and she didn’t protest the way he pressed his face against her. She turned the ring in her fingers as he spoke. Carefully, she unclasped the beaded chain to slide the rings off of it. Widow. The word resounded in her ears as she let the dog tags pool onto the table.
I can help you. You have to let me help you.
Her own voice in her mind, but she didn’t remember saying the words. She slid the rings onto the proper finger and somehow she wasn’t surprised that they fit perfectly. Wasn’t surprised that the weight of them didn’t bother her, like they had always been there. A dangerous line of work. She thought back to the patches on his bomber jacket. Lieutenant General. Special Reconnaissance. Dangerous indeed.
I fucking swear if you don’t come back I won't forgive you.
He spoke of her siblings like he knew them, and if she were to take him at his words, he did. Rylan vaguely remembered a funeral. It had been raining, but she couldn’t remember who had died. She looked away from the rings and up at him again when he moved her. She could see the mix of anger and hurt in his eyes.
“That certainly sounds like Kama,” she murmured. She may have been the queen, but Kama was the head of the Darkwillow house and had always wanted things a certain way for them. Before they had split and formed families of their own the siblings had been the last of the Darkwillow line for almost a century. Kama had had skewed visions on how to preserve that. A quick anger bubbled up inside her. "They had no right to do this. If what you're saying is true, I don't know if I could forgive them."
Her brow furrowed when he mentioned her third sibling. Somehow it felt right that Elliot would have a part in this mess. If it were true. She was having a hard time finding reasons not to believe Owen. He had facts and physical evidence, he had answers to her questions. Rylan’s eyes squeezed shut, she huffed a short sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “This is… a very strange birthday gift,” she replied, trying for a joke and ultimately failing to produce the right tone.
The setting of the bar suddenly felt loud and crowded as it contested with her struggle with so much new information. “Can we...uhm. Can we get out of here? Talk somewhere else? I have an apartment a few blocks from here.”
Her ears fell to either side to make room for him, and she didn’t protest the way he pressed his face against her. She turned the ring in her fingers as he spoke. Carefully, she unclasped the beaded chain to slide the rings off of it. Widow. The word resounded in her ears as she let the dog tags pool onto the table.
I can help you. You have to let me help you.
Her own voice in her mind, but she didn’t remember saying the words. She slid the rings onto the proper finger and somehow she wasn’t surprised that they fit perfectly. Wasn’t surprised that the weight of them didn’t bother her, like they had always been there. A dangerous line of work. She thought back to the patches on his bomber jacket. Lieutenant General. Special Reconnaissance. Dangerous indeed.
I fucking swear if you don’t come back I won't forgive you.
He spoke of her siblings like he knew them, and if she were to take him at his words, he did. Rylan vaguely remembered a funeral. It had been raining, but she couldn’t remember who had died. She looked away from the rings and up at him again when he moved her. She could see the mix of anger and hurt in his eyes.
“That certainly sounds like Kama,” she murmured. She may have been the queen, but Kama was the head of the Darkwillow house and had always wanted things a certain way for them. Before they had split and formed families of their own the siblings had been the last of the Darkwillow line for almost a century. Kama had had skewed visions on how to preserve that. A quick anger bubbled up inside her. "They had no right to do this. If what you're saying is true, I don't know if I could forgive them."
Her brow furrowed when he mentioned her third sibling. Somehow it felt right that Elliot would have a part in this mess. If it were true. She was having a hard time finding reasons not to believe Owen. He had facts and physical evidence, he had answers to her questions. Rylan’s eyes squeezed shut, she huffed a short sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “This is… a very strange birthday gift,” she replied, trying for a joke and ultimately failing to produce the right tone.
The setting of the bar suddenly felt loud and crowded as it contested with her struggle with so much new information. “Can we...uhm. Can we get out of here? Talk somewhere else? I have an apartment a few blocks from here.”
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