AARYN
'The new queen has a fan,' Aaryn signed as they walked away from Dargyn.
Elreth growled and signed, 'I said don't say anything.'
'Did I speak?'
Elreth rolled her eyes. As they walked, he felt the heaviness return to her, and that edge of a tang in her scent that she got on the rare occasions she felt like she wasn't going to succeed.
They were just rounding a corner, Aaryn in the lead and looking over his shoulder when he started to say, "Why are you—"
But turned as he was, he didn't see the man, a Serpent, coming from the opposite direction, and their shoulders bumped.
"Get out of my way, Dog," the male hissed.
Aaryn whipped his head around, in the same moment the serpent's eyes went wide, because Elreth stepped around the corner and into sight.
And she was bristling.
Her upper lip rose over her teeth as she stepped forward, towards the man. But Aaryn put a hand to her shoulder. "It's not—"
