#rivervale_lodge

*In fact, even the beams of the Lodge... INSIDE the Lodge... have put out a few new shoots and branches. The vine-carvings are more than just carvings. There is doomed new grass in the sparring ring. If you didn't know better you might think the stones are having pebbles. The many flowering bushes and trees Frank planted over years of Beltaines have lost their damn minds.*

On the drive home, Symon casts a glance over at Ann Marie, waiting for a moment when her bubbling dialogue pauses for him to get a say. “Hey... do you know why Zane’s mom was bugging Dagmar ? It was weird.”