break me down

She relaxed some as he took a step back clearly picking up on her discomfort. She couldn't look at him, not at him directly but she could smell him, and she knew he could probably smell Rune upon her, his scent had become so mixed with her own that she wasn't sure they had a separate scent anymore. He had to know she was lying, she had never been that good a hiding anything. He shook his head and she eyed him warily, rose orbs lifting slightly to watch him carefully. A pang of guilt rising up inside her chest as he spoke, seeming rather disappointed and she found herself wanting to tell him.

He moved away from her, stopping only briefly to deliver a spot on description of her mate. She took a step forwards. "Wait!" She called after him, taking a few more steps towards him. "Now that I think about it..." She faltered slightly but pushed her way through what she wanted to say regardless. "I do remember seeing a male by that description-" She trailed off, unable to finish even this half lie on a solid note.