i am the mace, the map, the fall and the high
In a way, keeping her waiting, even for the short amount of time he does, is his own way of demonstrating he will not be leashed. Not even by someone as captivating and delightfully similarly minded as his sister. If they were to do anything together, it would be a partnership and nothing less. Reave, for all his youth, is not naive. He has learned enough of his sister to know she wishes to be admired and catered to. But as far as Reave is concerned, there are a hundred other fools who could give her that.
What he has to offer is far more than what they have.
And so when he steps into the mouth of the cave with the slow smile growing on his lips, there is nothing subordinate in the gleam of his blue eye. She steps forward to meet him, a matching mischief in her gaze as she replies to his provocative statement. Her memories team around her as she does, an argument rising to the fore. Their brother, so righteous and proper he struggled to understand their shared vision.
Reave is less worried about that however. He has little doubt Nashua could be brought around to their way of thinking. Not by Aela perhaps, who grows so heated when she is challenged, especially by her kin. Reave on the other hand has no such problem.
“Perhaps you’ve heard,” he begins impishly, delighting in his position. “Nerine is now mine.” For so long Aela had borne a grudge against the North. But even now they stand on a dynasty, one started long ago by ancestors beyond even Heartfire. And Reave had broken the mold. “Did you know there has only ever been women in charge of Nerine?” His grin widens. “Until now.”
Though it is most certainly enough, it is not nearly all. But the rest does not come with a ready explanation. He steps closer, eyeing her with a speculation that borders on the devilish. “You needn’t tell me what you have been up to though.” His eyes gleam in the dim light of the cave, uncanny in the dim glow of his mask. “It’s written across every inch of you.” He pauses then, a sudden amusement growing. “Would you like to know the future?”
reave
@[Aela]