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The girl was kind of thankful that Romulus had been so quiet on their return, she couldn’t answer him very well with her huffing and puffing and even her brain was starting to feel a little mushy. Her focus blessedly remain on the massive frame beneath her. Rom wasn’t the monster that Ulric or Ezra were, but he was no small man either. Lilith’s arms didn’t even reach all the way around his neck. Holding onto him like that felt more special than just a ride home, he was a safety net. Though she was well aware she had that in much of her loving family knowing Rom wouldn’t think twice about helping her raised her downtrodden spirits. He was kind of amazing, especially compared to her. Then again Lillith was easy to impress.

She expected that the two of them would make it to the border, she would slide off his back and call for her dad then everyone would go home happy together. What she didn’t expect was Ulric to come storming out of the castle to race towards them while she was on Roman’s back. Garnet gaze widened in surprise but she couldn’t even make it to the ground before her father was there, grabbing and helping her to her own four paws. She was transferred from one man’s protection to the other. Lilith smiled for a moment, ignoring her wheezing breath but realizing her chipper attitude was now out of place. Her features fell as she looked from Ulric to Roman and she could feel the tension stretched there.

”I told you… I’m fine.” She breathed as Romulus reminded her father to check her over first, ruby eyes found her father’s silver gaze. ”I’m fine.” Like anyone would believe her but saying it enough times would surely make it truth. ”I went to the gardens to gather herbs, Romulus was there and offered to help me. When we were almost done a saber attacked. Romulus saved me.” That was the hardest fact to accept, that she wouldn’t have made it home had he not been there.

Lillith Adravendi