<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi stiffened at the mention of Shar Tessa, taking a deep breath. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">“I assure you, Nel, aware as I am of what’s been said of me and my sister by her, she grossly over exaggerated our parting of the ways.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he didn’t bother saying exactly what the woman had said to the twins. He didn’t want to start the fight that Ordenel was desperately trying to avoid. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">“Suffice it to say that she told my sister to get lost, and I made it clear we were a package deal. She… did not approve.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he shrugged.</span>