[Pet Unlocked]
The Festival of the Golden Thread. My, had it attracted quite a crowd. Oleander stood near the entrance to the festival, watching the people mill about, entering and exiting, pausing at stalls, chattering excitedly to their companions. It seemed like a perfect opportunity for her to find a new host. So many people about, and all of them so easily demarcated as emotionally attached by the golden thread she could see wound around so many tender wrists. What luck, that such a festival had happened right when she should find herself without a host.
A scowl passed over her lovely face, ruining the mask of lively beauty. Hostless. How infuriating, she thought, stepping into the crowd and letting it take her into the festival grounds. A failure, to have had him break away.
She shook her head, and her expression cleared. No matter now. New opportunities. New hosts. Moving on.
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