As she spotted Luis, the Stalwart gaurd ever at his post, though he never approached her or chased her. He would give her a nod when she saw him, or a wave when she smiled. His simple words dangled in her memory. 'Maybe.'
He didn't seem the type to toy with people...but he already assumed her favors had moved to another. If she so wanted him, she could always find him after all.
At the Mill her father had hired in New blood, some farmers sons , twins from the next village looking to take up a trade in exchange for their hands. They were human, a tad stocky from their field working life. They dressed decently, and they were identical save for a ring of opposing ears, the only way she could tell them.apart. They had Amber hair, and light blue eyes...personality wise they were both a tad naive and goofy, always up to some kind of joke if they weren't nose to the grind stone.
As Aethel fought her forlorn feelings, she fel two arms lay on her shoulders. "What are youblooking at Red?" Oz asked
"Yeah Red, what's with the statue out by that gate huh?" Raal asked next, grinning ar her.