VEX’AHLIA ASKS : “ is it getting bad again? ”
cassandra sits quietly in her office , staring at the pages before her but not reading or registering any of it . a cup filled with now - cold tea sits on its tray , beside nibbled - on cakes — a testament to the fact that she is trying . these small monikers mean nothing in the face of this — in the face of @vexahlias entering the room and perceiving her , in cassandra not noticing until vex’ahlia speaks . she jumps slightly in her seat when she’s spoken to , before blue eyes latch onto vex’s form before her . a quick blush spreads along her cheeks at being caught so easily , but proof enough that she can still feel something . sometimes she hasn’t been as lucky . “ is it that obvious ? ” she had tried her absolute best for it not to become anyone else’s problem — she thought she had done well .
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vex’ahlia asks : tell me what happened.
the preteen takes a shuddering breath in , trying to compose herself enough to speak . “ i -- i pulled a prank on wolfe , and it was really funny , but it made him really angry , and he got back at me by letting some of my beetles go outside -- which isn’t even a prank , it’s just mean -- and i told him that , and he told me i deserved it , and then -- and maybe i shoved him a little , but it wasn’t hard , and he deserved it for being a big huge jerk ! ” the next breath in she takes is shuddering still , but filling her now - empty lungs is important for whatever follow - up questions @vexahlias will undeniably have . she dashes tears away angrily with the back of her sleeve . “ the beetles weren’t even from here -- i bet they’re so scared . ”
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A smoky kiss to occupy my time
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VEX’AHLIA ASKS : “ no one is meant to be all alone. that’s not how humans are built. you don’t need to do all this on your own. ”
cassandra’s immediate instinct is to argue — to tell @vexahlias that that is indeed how it works here , that the ruling de rolos have always been as an island . but she realizes after a moment that that isn’t necessarily true . her father had her mother , and vice versa . julius and vesper were a pair , two siblings with all the responsibility in the world . hells , even the briarwoods had each other — and what’s left at the end of that all is cassandra . well , cassandra and percy , but he seems ready to leave her behind at a moment’s notice half the time , and cassandra has the weight of the sun tree upon her back . she’s been all alone in the castle with the ghosts that linger for so long , part of her isn’t sure what to do when other people exist near her .
but if cassandra knows anything about vex’ahlia , it’s that the other does not give up easily . and maybe what she has to say is worth something , even though it feels as if what vex offers is a completely nonsensical and new way to live . “ perhaps , ” cassandra begins slowly , figuring out what she will say and how she feels as she says and feels it . “ but it takes the pressure off of everyone else if i do . ”
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