Are you with me?

Perfect! Andy was on board. The Princess started to grin, before the expression froze on her face. She could feel it, her eyes getting a little wider. She blinked a few times and sat on her haunches. This was… really important to her. She didn’t realise how nervous it would make her to talk about it to someone else. Especially Andy. She wanted Andy to agree. But would her sister still understand if she knew the truth?

The bigger question was, could she actually lie to Andy. Because her sister would know she was lying sooner rather than later. “Well… I really do want to talk to Briar, too. Briar left the Armada, and started her own life in another pack. She did it young, too. So I want to ask her how she managed to convince our dad to let her go.” She dropped eye contact with her sister. She didn’t outright say what she was planning, but it was still there in her words all the same. She wasn’t planning on coming back. At least… not any time soon.

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