War of Saints

re the emergency equipment was stashed, and so forth. Flora told her that there were children

hem get adopted while others, who were older enough, were sent

and then, but the dark-haired older woman could

re distant now. He seemed to be in deep thought and he didn't let he

her only family left, but he

" Flora said suddenly, f

aught off guard by

on. There was a hint of surprise from the woman. "It's a favorite pastim

pa

here's a nice rooftop in this condominium a

y anything. Flora continued to do what she'd bee

six-year-old boy with an older woman and a man. Kiera swallowed deeply, feel

to look at Kiera strangely. The latter struggled to keep a neut

ng around as she plopped on her new bed and stared at the ceiling. She pulled her sunglass

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her down to eat. A few kids were surroun

your new sister

ion of Artemis?" one of the kids

inning face, almost tearing her cute chubby cheeks with

am," s

famous prodigy in archery. Weird enough, Kiera felt more drawn to the kids more than sh

your bows and arrows?"

ndly. "But Sylvia will

see you sho

n with the children. Kiera looked back at the children looking up at her with expe

et's eat, you guys," Flora said as sh

hile all the other kids were chatting noisily in the lounging room just across from where she was sitting. A girl, Flora introduced a

ed on her food, an unbearable silence onc

would only lurk around them and doesn't join the kids' conversations. She seemed d

eat?" Kiera asked her out of curios

ing at her with those uncanny dark eyes

ha

ving a good time. Why don't you join them?" she reiterated,

ed off, unsure o

a about her own concept of the cycle, but that would take too much explaining to do, not to mention how persona

ished what was left on her plate and got up to wash it in the sink. Flora's first instruc

wed her s

e?" she said to Kiera a

Kiera began washing that too. The scrubbing and rinsing could only do so much to break the eeri

aited until Kiera placed the plate and cup back into the

r her own good. She would have to remind her that two could p at this game. "Why is it... that you barely talk to me

curious," sh

a said impatiently, tired

without looking at me. "Yo

blinking her eyes in

. "You don't think

get bullied for it at school, but lucky me for being the 'prod

her with her hand on her hip. "That was

lowly, looking straight at her, "you

at her. For a moment, she thought she misheard the younger girl. She raised

omment hit

r head. Kiera couldn't say a thing. She didn't want to be backed into a corner like

eyes. The blue and green-eyed young woman clenched her teeth, seething. 'Who

how angry she was, Kiera couldn't make a scene, especially not in front of them. With difficulty, she forcefully sucked it up and only lowered

ld feel her lingering gaze on her bac