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Rong Er
As first it had been an irritating buzz of the mosquitoes, hovering about her ear and threatening to sting her but never quite doing so. She ignored it, hazarding the stings, if only she could continue to sleep on unmolested.
But the "NOW!" that so violently shook the bed thundered in her ears, sending her jolting up and glancing about, her dreamy eyes drawing daggers at the sight of Karthias and her ears taking in the outpour of his words. Annoyance, regret, pensiveness and something else crashed upon her face like tidal waves, upon a pale sandy shore.
"I don't like you either." ~ She spoke bluntly but in measurable tones, eyeing him keenly ~ "And I don't follow the dictates of people I dislike. If you kill me, two others will die with me and my father, avenging me, will slay another lot of you. Quite a fair exchange, I would say."
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