Feeling Good
Still the man spoke, bringing her attention back from her self pity. Her previous feelings were quickly washed away in a tide of embarrassment, the blood rushing to colour her face; a light pink visible beneath her fur.
“I uh-” She stumbled over her tongue. “No I just- I've never been good around strangers.” She dropped her gaze, focusing on her paws as she shifted nervously. “They make me nervous and you kinda snuck up on me- I mean I wasn't paying attention- and I was surprised- and it threw me off especially because I'm on edge right now- I mean it's my season and-”
Shit! If he hadn't noticed yet, Luck had pretty much just laid it out bare for him. The man claimed to be a friend of Bacchus but that didn't exactly set her fears to rest; as much as she may have tried to deny it she knew her shining knight wasn't exactly the a model gentleman and it made sense, at least in her head, that his friends might not be either.
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