Roy released her wrists as if Aya had caught fire and was going to burn him down.
He took a full step backward and his carefully maintained composure, shattered. His eyes blew wide open.
The elders lingering outside the council door stood frozen. Elder Harmon's mouth hung open. Aldric looked like he had been struck by lightning. Seraphine's expression could not be described by any language known to wolves or men.
Vanessa's hand flew to her mouth.
And Aya stood there.
In the middle of the hallway, surrounded by people, with the ghost of that sound still hanging in the air.
Her face had gone completely blank, as if her brain had encountered a fatal error and was not expected to recover
[Quest Update: Slap Roy Duskfall's Lover]
[Status: Failed]
[Penalty: Active]
[Duration: 47 hours, 59 minutes remaining]
[This system would like to remind Host that this was entirely avoidable]
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Roy found his voice first, though it came out strangled. "Did you just—"
