This Is Goodbye

She had expected Albion to say something along the lines of staying with her and the girl shook her head. "You can't stay." A sigh pulled from her and she looked between her brothers. "Dad says that I need to learn to behave. He has plans for you, too." Scylla looked pointedly to Albion. She didn't know what plans their father had, but he'd told her that Albi might be going somewhere as well. An apprenticeship of sorts.

Cerberus said that they were all going back and again Scylla shook her head. "Going back would dishonor our father and you know he'd be upset about it. I have to stay, at least for a while." The girl shot them both a confident, cocky grin. "Besides, you know that I'm fine wherever I go. It'll be fun here, picking on that rotten tomato heir all the time." She was looking forward to annoying the piss out of Saracyn daily.

Scylla would put on a brave face for her brother's. She wouldn't admit aloud how much she'd miss them both, but she would. Deeply. The three had always been inseparable. Now they had no choice but to grow up and go their own ways. At least for a time. "Don't be sad about it. We'll all grow bigger and stronger. Then when we meet up again, we'll be unstoppable, right?" Again that confident smile to hide the hurt.

"Chimera's Children"