Whose Dog Is This

No matter how hard she tried to drive the dog off, it didn’t work. The stupid thing stayed there , staring at her, trying to get her to engage and accept it. Panting and barking, spewing saliva from its floppy jowls. Yuck.  Couldn’t Chimera have chosen a better spy? A raven or something? Anything could have been better than a dog. 

Of course, Estie would show up; why wouldn’t she? She always seemed to be popping out of the woodwork when something was going on with Nimue. The two of them gravitated towards each other, unintentionally of course. Even though sometimes Estie stalked Nimue, and Nimue stalked Estie. But it was purely out of curiosity, and the possibility of some fun. Because they always seemed to find trouble together. 

But right now, Nimue wasn’t in trouble. She was annoyed.

Estie calls her name, and she shifts her amethyst eyes in the girl's direction. A little scowl contorting her features, when Estie tells her what to do. “Never been one for unconditional love.”   She retorts, snarky and irritated. “Besides, it doesn’t matter what I do, this damn thing won’t leave. Give it a command, it just finishes and comes right back.”  She turns back to the dog, who is whimpering and sitting on its rump. It raises, sitting pretty in front of Nimue. And she’s not impressed. “He couldn’t have picked something better?”  By he, she means Estie’s father. “A raven? A hawk?”  She scoffs. “A bird is better at stalking than a dog.”  She’s still convinced Chimera sent it to watch over her. To control her in his absence.  And she wants nothing to do with it.

"Nimue Vasanti"