A palpable sense of disappointment settled over Teress like a shroud, but she made no move to contest his decision further.
In truth, Orion needed no oracle to foretell the tempestuous trials that lay ahead for them all. He had bore witness to the harrowing depths of Silver claws domain himself, an silent harlot of upcoming storms, seething with forewarning of untold perils. If the horrors he encountered there were merely the machinations of lesser paws, then the storm that loomed on the horizon would demand more than the prowess of a few geniuses of fledgling generation.
"It's clear that i was your congetoency plan, if things went awry for you at the dark continental. But tell me one thing truthfully," she paused for a moment, "was he really there... was the wyvern killer really at the dark continental, or it was just ruse to lure me for your escape." She spoke again, revealing her awareness of his intentions.