Standing among the crowd of villagers, Ignatious wore a troubled expression as he looked from the young man to the 'older brother' beside him. The pair of vampires had arrived in the village along with Lady Ashlynn, but even though the Mother of Trees had invited them down to stand at Ollie's side, Thane held back, saying that this was a moment for witches, even if it was also Ollie's vigil of knighthood.
"Why is it that you're the only one here who doesn't look worried?" Ignatious asked as he studied the calm, confident expression on Thane's deceptively youthful face.
"Because I know young Ollie better than anyone else here," Thane said, his amber eyes twinkling in the flickering light of the lanterns carried by the villagers. "I know him even better than Lady Ashlynn does, though that may change once he completes this trial of witchcraft."
