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[color=#8D3B72]Time:[/color] Evening
[color=#8D3B72]Location:[/color] Banquet Hall
[color=#8D3B72]Interactions:[/color] [@PapaOso] Milo & Cassius
[color=#8D3B72]Aesthetic:[/color] [url=https://i.imgur.com/58FOu03.jpeg]Outfit[/url]


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As Milo’s wink flicked her way, Kalliope didn’t flinch. She simply returned it with a long, unreadable stare…cool, level, unreadable, like the ocean just before a storm.

And then, just as she turned with Cassius, she gave Milo the faintest smirk over her shoulder. It wasn’t a threat.

It was a promise.

She didn’t speak as she walked beside Cassius, step in perfect sync with his. Her eyes flicked to him briefly, studying the tension still coiled in his shoulders, the rage barely caged in his eyes… and then, quietly, she followed his line of sight to Charlotte.

She said nothing.

Only watched.

When his voice finally cut through the silence between them, she kept her gaze forward, but the corners of her mouth twitched as he spoke.

[color=lightsteelblue]“I’d be halfway to the dungeon by now if you hadn’t stepped in…”[/color]

[color=#8D3B72]“I know,”[/color] she said softly.

[color=lightsteelblue]“I would’ve gutted that fucker, right there, in front of everyone.”[/color]

[color=#8D3B72]“I know.”[/color]

[color=lightsteelblue]“So thank you, Kali… I owe you one.”[/color]

This time, she glanced at him, that smirk creeping back into place. [color=#8D3B72]“Buy me a drink and a bag of candy later. We’ll call it even.”[/color]

They walked in silence a moment longer before Kalliope broke it, her voice gentler now, edged with something more personal.

[color=#8D3B72]“I don’t know what that little shit said to set you off and honestly, I don’t care.”[/color] Her tone was firm, matter-of-fact. [color=#8D3B72]“I just want to know if you’re alright. And if you’re not, what do you need?”[/color]

A pause.

[color=#8D3B72]“Want me to make him disappear?”[/color] she added coolly, her voice light but entirely serious beneath the surface. [color=#8D3B72]“Just say the word, Cassius. He’ll be gone by the end of the week.”[/color]

Her eyes didn’t waver as she looked at him, just quietly waiting, ready to burn the world down for him if he asked…or Milo St. Clair, at least.[/color]