Courting Trouble

e day that had started well had ended

elf. She had even hoped to make a new name for herself.

ity to slip back into the halls of Society. However, after the e

yes, she

and she could not make up her mind whether she was

uation, had it been someone else. Then, Malisha was sure that the situatio

in tormenting her? The answers evaded her, but cer

s she pulled at her hair

of the morning at that?" She grumbled to herself even as she w

the time to admire the scenery. To bask in the glory that nature provided, but the same view now seemed like it

ly, waving their branches at the mid-morning sun. In the distance, the silhouette of a gr

n her earlie

inish the beauty of any of it. Not of the city. Nor that of th

posed to have made it to the annex there, but thanks to him and his endless shenanigans,

t, and Malisha found herself frownin

hought back to the group of ladies that had gathered a

e still bore in mind that the man had been anything but kind

come distraction that served her overt escapism rather well. For that was who she was in a nutshell. Malisha was a person

rlwind soon to be unleashed upon the Veterum grapevine. It w

elf. She reflected on them if only to keep h

n get?" Despite everything, her principles were a thing that still mattered to her, an

images from that morning, Malisha shook her h

evident on her face from all the mental incursion. Yet, she still found herself wondering, "what will I do now? Is there even a way to salvage a situation wrecked be

re was no way to avoid the fallout, and this time, it was going to be a s

e red-clad foot connected with yet another stone. The pebble flew lo

ging along with her a barefoot and a single red shoe w

r great mood that morning. It also made sense the number of loose rocks t

but with the unfortunate turn of her morning, she was also

ng against you?"

more, the mischief that coated the t

already hard enough without adding this breed

speaking?" She perked up as she

never grasp things is simply amazing. Putting yourself up to all these silliness, what se

ppened that morning seemed to be all geared at p

erself conscientiously, but it seemed like a

look at a yourself in a mirror. Not just at your reflection, but wel

dead meat Malisha!" It suddenly cackled, and for a second, her heart seemed to stop. Her form stilled even as she ceased walking

he had even managed to put aside her memories, her conscience. The little devil was

itions as she finally succumbed to the panic. A panic that had been e