The scaled brute was quick to apologize for her bumping into him. Her eyes briefly expressed confusion as she listened. ”My apologies, dear, it does seem I’m not in a very good place for spacing out, am I?” She held back a gag from the dear comment – that was the gooey lovely shit that her parents did. As much as seeing her parents be lovey with each other made her want to break it up (as is normal for a child or teenager seeing their parents kiss), Megaera secretly wanted it herself. His next words were followed by a chuckle. ”I try not to make it a habit of ‘getting’ girls, if you must know. More concerned with helping keep my pack running.” The teenage niece of Lucaya gulped and glanced away for a moment – he was right. She really should be more concerned about Hawthorne, but the way he worded that…was he the man from Sindri she was to meet? And was he…an heir? The scaled brute spoke again, his words bringing her out from her self-reflection. ”Are you from Hawthorne? I’m from Sindri. Name’s Castiel.”

Megaera’s crimson eyes looked to the ground as she dipped her head in greeting. ”That I would be, Castiel. I’m Megaera, niece of Lucaya.” Her expression on her face went back to unamused, trying to prevent showing any emotion to this lad, despite the fact that he was indeed attractive to her. After a few moments of silence, she brought up the very question likely burning in both of their heads. ”Well… how are we going to make this work? This arranged marriage thing? How do you feel about it?” Megaera looked towards the lake, then proceeded to walk towards it and look at her reflection broken up by the slightly frozen-over waters. This action of hers would give him ample time to respond. Her crimson eyes stared back into her, making her feel much less desirable. How did Castiel feel about vampires?

She rolled her eyes as she looked back up at the scaled lad, speaking once again when he had finished his answer. ”Frankly, I’ve never bothered with romantic interests.” Her skyling pelt, rather, told a different story as it darkened, the brighter hues being replaced with cooler ones. That was one thing Megaera disliked about herself, no matter what façade she wanted to put up, those who knew how to read skyling pelts could read her like a book. However, she continued to speak, trying to build an elaborate mask. ”I’ve seen some relationships fall apart and wonder why try, y’know? Especially with being a vampire, I’ll live much longer than a non-vampire partner.” Megaera was worried for the day that her mother, Kelsea, would pass away. Her father would be devastated, but so would she and her siblings. The teen also heard of her father’s prior relations, and now, especially since Nibris had disappeared and Lucaya ruled alone, there was some truth to that statement she made. But it hid her desire for a loving relationship like her parents, who swooned over each other. She wanted someone to swoon over her.

Actions & Words.