After that, Evangeline naturally didn't ask any more questions.
The rest of the journey was exceptionally silent. No one mentioned Rhea or the Young Clan Leader again.
Evangeline sat astride Lachlan's back, her fingertips sinking into his fur. She lowered her lashes, not saying a word. Lachlan's long tail silently wrapped around her waist, its tip gently brushing the back of her hand.
"It's all right. We'll find him." Lachlan's voice was ethereal and clear. Perhaps because he was in his beast form, his words carried the characteristic purr-like vibration of a feline Beastman, which she felt through her back pressed against his.
Evangeline leaned all the way down, burying her face in the fur on Lachlan's back as if sinking into a snowdrift.
Nix turned his head to glance at her, a flicker in his purple eyes.
Of course, he understood they were talking about Danton, the Mer Clan Beastman with the severed tail.
