Stan laughed, he could tell, Sacha was trying so hard to humour the atmosphere with her jokes, considering that he and Camilla had very stiff and serious personalities...
And she was doing a really good job at that, shaking his head, he smiled and focused back at the game...
The three of them began preparing the next hand.
The earlier stiffness between Sacha and Camilla had almost completely dissolved, replaced by the sharp, living tension of genuine rivalry.
Somehow, a simple card game had done what hours of polite conversation could not.
Sacha no longer looked at Camilla as merely the mysterious woman who had appeared beside her brother.
Now, she looked at her as a genuine rival. And judging by the faint smile on Camilla's face, the feeling was mutual.
Stan looked at his sister's smile, and a warm brotherly feeling settled in his heart.
