<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Ayla rested her head against the back of the couch, letting her brother’s calm demeanor bleed into her, to calm her. It had taken a few days to get used to it, and it was still a struggle not to let more hostile emotions bleed through, but they were more easily able to deal with these sorts of things together, rather than trying to solve them on their own. She pulled open the book of shadows, settling back into her reading.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi blinked suddenly, straightening up in his chair. Lucian had been having him practice detection spells lately, and as such, he knew whenever someone teleported into or out of the estate. Granted, there were wards in place to prevent anyone other than the three of them from doing so, but Lucian wasn’t due back for a while yet. Concern etched in his brow, the ginger haired man stood, glancing over to his sister before silently exiting the room, her magics swirling after him and masking the sounds of his clothing, and footsteps.</span>