Exton

The sun slips below the roof tops. Ob feels for his Kin. Pandora and Chloe are downstairs. He catches images of fall foliage, demifaes flitting among the flowers as the dragon, Absynthe stretches out on a pumpkin.

So, she has a name...

Si Pa'pa. Made Tonio hide.

She sends him images of Tonio trying to ride the dragon and Absynthe snaking her head back. She snapped her teeth just short of the little warrior's leg. He flew from her back and dodged as she chased after him. The demifae hid among the flowers, only coming out when the dragon settled on a pumpkin.

His laughter rumbles through their link and he feels Pandora's gentle touch. It slides along his mind and he wraps her in his thoughts. He feels Ike reaching for the sun. It is too far up for the youngest of them to find her flesh. Ike settles back, sinking back into her somnolent state.

Stoney lets the family know that Laila has been moved into the cottage and they will be there for dinner. His mind slips from his brother's to tap Tori's. There are images of flashing blades, the sense of tension, widening his touch, he feels a shield suddenly slam. He touches lightly and Tori shoves.

Back off Josi.

Ob stops, listening to the quiet now behind the shield. He touches again and she slaps him out of her mind. A dream. it was only a dream. I'll catch you later. Tell Re'mi to stay out too. She shuts herself off, resisting his small sorties. Finally after a harder push at her wall, Tori opens her mind.

Fuck Off Ob!

We do not dream, Tor.

I do. Go away. I'll talk to you if I need to.

Ike touches him, her mind drawing him back. She murmurs to him, telling him to let Tori deal for a bit. She'd talk when she talked. Ike slides back to her rest, leaving a last image in Ob's mind of her sister's fiery cropped hair mingling with longer deeper auburn.