Snippet #1621951

Amber shook her head. "No, that's fine. She can come in. It's best if we all stay here until we can find a better place to hide for now." She wondered briefly if it might be safe at her old house, where she had lived with her own parents, but shrugged that thought off quickly; what would be left of it? "We'll just have to hope that the enchantments held up and that the Hirules haven't been paying enough attention to what's been going on." She doubted it, but it never hurt to try. Besides, they'd have to think up a safer place before they legft, or they'd be wandering blind for a while. She sighed, glancing at Kage; he was trying, but didn't seem to be holding up very well. She glanced around the group, and jumped as the girl woke up and attacked.

"Really now; that's enough! This place is in ruins as it is, we don't need to make it worse. And we all have to try to avoid the notice of the Hirule, if they hadn't already noticed us. Calm down." She glanced at the newest girl, then nodded to Kage. "Come on; I need to talk to you for a minute." The fact was, she didn't need to talk to anyone, but she needed to think...but she had also promised him a bit of blood, and she wasn't about to do that where the twins could see, and not when she didn't know how the others might react. She turned to head to the bedroom she had been sleeping in earlier, glancing back to make sure Kage was following, and shooting a glance to Adrien and Arlayna in a silent attempt to make them stay there, and keep an eye on everyone else.


Arlayna took note of her mother's glance as she left, then glanced over the others. Hesitantly, she stepped between the two girls, hoping the one that had been unconscious would stop if someone else was between them, and hoping the other wouldn't retaliate with her there. While she didn't really care if the two killed each other, they couldn't have a fight there, not when it might attract so much attention. She glanced around the room, looking over everyone, and then back to her brother. She didn't really want to move away from him, but something needed to be done. Their mother had told them not to fight; she was only making sure that didn't happen, was all. She turned her attention warily to the bow she held, hoping she wouldn't try to fire it with her in the way when she hadn't done anything to attack the girl herself.