Their reconciliation short lived, Cassius felt Fawn's body flinch. Shuddering in pain, a muffled groan escaped from her, "Ngh."
Immediately separating from Aribelle at the sound of her discomfort, Cassius looked hurriedly for the source. His heart still racing from the adrenaline of his tussle with the Chimera, it quickened more so now as he saw Fawn's face twist into a wince. The bright amber of her eyes growing cloudy, they glanced down towards the hem of her dress. Dirtied by soil from the fields and covered in blood from their embrace, the air hissed through her teeth before raising her hem slowly.
