<div align="center">“Lumi....”<br/>She murmured the white dragons name softly, as the awareness of the action she had just taken settled over her and it stung when she realized that his response was merely to gently push her back until she stood at arms length away from him.  It was a true rejection if she ever knew one and as much as she wished that she had it in her to pretend that she hadn’t felt anything from it, the struggle to keep her expression calm and unaffected was proving more difficult by the minute. Her heart was aching more as the pressure of things continued to fall down upon her shoulders.<br/><br/>At least he was right about one thing. The situation was quite awkward and seemed to be becoming more so by the moment. Sylvia was questioning herself even more now and wondering if she really wasn’t good enough to draw their affections to her.<em> ‘Maybe they hate me or something....’</em> was the one thought that kept repeating itself over and over again. She understood the position she’d put Lumi in with the kiss and managed to give him an apologetic smile before dropping her gaze, just as Gamen took it upon himself to reprimand his brother for not showing the manners appropriate for the moment.<br/><br/>“Gamen stop.... It’s okay... He didn’t do anything wrong.”  She murmured, her voice barely audible above a whisper as she brushed a hand through the shortened blue tresses of her hair that fell across her face and tilted her head until her silver gaze met the gold one’s of the black dragon and she was able to look at him without appearing as if she were feeling sorry for herself. “I stepped out of line.... His reaction was the normal thing to be expected.”<br/><br/>The comments from the elder that followed her words caused her entire mood to shift. Before anyone could have seen it, irritation was slipping through her aura in waves loud enough that her power seemed to be gathering around her. The air in the room sizzled and cracked with warning and her expression turned cold as she turned her attention from the brothers and moved to address the elder in a tone that was nothing short of cold and perhaps, even sounded a little threatening.<br/><br/>“I will not stand here and listen to you speak as if I am nothing more than a piece of meat about to be sent to the slaughter.” She informed him quite promptly. “You will not continue to speak to my potential mates in that manner and you will cease continuing to give orders regarding the daughter of an elder. Am I clear?”<br/><br/>It was against the rules for someone to speak against another elder when they weren’t one themselves and she knew that her father would most likely reprimand her for it when he found out. Even still, someone had to set the perverted old fart in front of her straight and it seemed the twins were too busy being nervous about her presence to do it themselves. So, she did it herself. Satisfied that her message had gotten through, she turned her attention back to Gamen in time to hear him being reprimanded by his father for trying to walk away from his responsibilities. It only served to irritate her more, but she managed to contain her anger this time and simply greeted him with a forced smile over gritted teeth. Her power however, had died down and returned to it's usual level so the air no longer cracked with the silent threat she had aimed at the elder moments ago.<br/><br/>Although she was still wavering over the entire situation, something inside was prompting her with the need to explain her reason for giving the younger of the two brothers her first kiss. The problem was that she didn’t know how to get the words out when they seemed to simply stick in her throat when she tried to utter them. Murmuring a quiet thank you to the twins father for allowing them the use of his estate for the duration of being in each others company, she reached out and grasped the black dragons hand with a squeeze in a gesture she hoped might reassure him and put him a little more at ease than what she was feeling herself.<br/>As soon as she could get him alone without the adults being present, she would ask him on her own if he would agree to be her first.<br/></div>