[EMELIA ANNE BORDEAUX]

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Oct 15 2024 • outfit • KASEY EMERSON CAUFIELD

Emelia could feel her face flush from the cold October air. She had personally felt so panicked in her life, in a very long time. How did he know where she was?! She thought they left that life and scent trail so long ago. But no, he was here now – in the small town she had thrived in for so long without him.

Her feet were picking up speed, past the police station. Which was probably the safest spot to pull over, but there was someone she just needed to. The smell of engine oil wafted up her nose and Emelia opened the door to the garage. She didn’t bother to address the person at the front desk. Emelia was a familiar face after all.

She didn’t know if he was following her, but Emelia hoped she made it to Kasey’s office quickly enough. Dog was sitting out in the hallway, meaning Kasey’s office door was open. She entered, closing the door behind her – only after Dog entered the office behind her. Help me, she signed, her chest heaving – the panic and adrenaline rush making a dangerous cocktail.

[KASEY EMERSON CAUFIELD]

October 2024 • EMELIA ANNE BORDEAUX

Kasey Caufield had finished a call and went to open up the door to his office, letting Dog out into the open to either linger outside to do as his pleased and to signal to the young mechanics that if they needed him for whatever reason, he was available. Most of the time, they steered clear of him, only Elle was the brave one, which was fine, Kasey found Deimos in particular utterly exhausting. Cerulean eyes were glancing at his computer screen when his phone buzzed on the counter. His gaze flickered to it, eyeing the screen as Tally's face appeared on it.

His hand moved towards it, even as he heard Dog get up and his nails clicked on the floors. It was only after the sound of those paws being closer, and the door swiftly shutting with a gentle strength did Kasey give pause. Cerulean eyes looked towards the door way to see his girlfriend, Emelia Bordeaux. The look on her face said it all, Tally's text could wait, as her hands signed urgently: help me. Kasey stood up immediately, his chair screeching across the ground. The distance between the two adults closed immediately as the man hovered there like a protective shadow.

The fear on her face was as plain as day, there was no doubt in his mind that there was adrenaline pumping through her veins. He had never seen such a look on her face before, and Kasey felt like they had been through their fair share of emotions and conflicts. While he knew Emelia could read his lips, he opted for signing in hopes of keeping her grounded. His sign language had made leaps and bounds in the past year since they had become official verses Kasey skirting around his feelings: What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost.

Carolina knows why for years I roam, free as these birds, light as whispers, Carolina knows

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