castiiigo:

        He has learned to read her well, which gives
        Jane some minor satisfaction. Lips upturning
        into the smallest of smirks, petite hands clasp
        together behind her back and she rocks on her
        heels—- feigning the sort of childishness her fellow
        guards have long-since become accustomed to.

                                     ”Be that as it may, should the Romanians decide
                                      to retaliate, far be it from me to deny them a fight.”

              ’ They have been running for hundreds
               of years. My tracking never fails, yet their
               self-preservation remains topnotch. ’

                              Words do not matter. He has become acquainted with
                              the gifted child long enough to know his boundaries.
                              The obvious peril of his mere opinions could throw him
                              in different paths, all leading to p a i n.

                              ’  Victory is assured with your company. ’                  

castiiigo:

        “Is that a request from Master Aro or a
        personal opinion?”

                        Not that she would complain either way.
                        She’s just I T CH I N G for a fight.

                               The trails are long found, as
                               easy it is to pinpoint the targets
                               he had been requested to find
                               every century or so.

                                                 ‘ I only act on orders. ’

                    He knows her expression well,
                    —– one he would have feared
                    under certain circumstances.

                                             ’  It is a chase, Jane, 
                                          not a hunt. ’

castiiigo:

        “And just where are you going?”

             ’ Why, it’s time to give our Romanian
                   friends  a  lovely  visit. ’