Mira felt her pride being crushed inside her when Lucien ignored her time and again. Along the way, she was trying to make friends but this dark-hearted man only had eyes for the girl beside him.
"Mira, stop pestering them," Valkin tried to haul Mira to the back between Morx and him. If only they didn't need her charm to sell things in the city, they wouldn't bring her with them.
Valkin's eyes also glances time to time at the two's hands along their travel. He was more than aware that these could really be a couple as they have witnessed their closeness these past days. But unlike Mira, he knows his limits.
Nightfall. They set up camp in a forest. They were sitting around the bonfire while discussing their goals for going to the city. Lucien sat quietly while leaning on a tree behind Yllana.
