"So, have you considered my offer...Su Xishi?"
"Apologies, Lady Da Xiaomi," Su Xishi spoke, her melodious voice ringing out with crystalline, lighthearted clarity that cut cleanly through the brooding gloom of the hall. "I prefer to live a free and spirited life. I have no interest in romance, so I would like to decline."
Da Xiaomi frowned, her purple fox ears twitched as her fox tail stopped swinging, the lazily swaying tail froze mid-arc, its tip bristling with a sudden, sharp discharge of dark qi that snuffed out three of the nearest candles.
The mature fox woman narrowed her purple eyes, leaning forward, resting her chin upon a pale, manicured hand decorated with sharp, lacquered black nails.
