Red Star

[Nhysa]

Nhysa waited for the interaction to be over. She had no real desire to be swept into the vicinity of Li’s celebrity, though it was not shyness that held her tongue so still. Given the nature of Kao’s business, it was likely she’d see him again, though perhaps not to his awareness. An eye to the currents of the underworld was within her remit, but she never interfered unless she was directed to. Kao was brash. He wouldn’t slip quietly into the scenery. Perhaps it would prove interesting.

“I think he was offended, dear one,” she said, amused. Men liked to feel the tickle of recognition upon their egos afterall. She drew closer at the pull on her hip, and there was hunger as he brushed his whispers into her ear. Li was sheened with sweat from the spar, and it fired her blood. Lust flashed the gaze she latched to his, and the smile promised he was wrong to think she would not claim all those things from him today, but for now she answered with violence.