The air in the gym, previously charged with a simmering tension, crackled with a newfound intensity. Noelle, her eyes blazing, her face flushed with anger, turned to Flynn, her voice sharp and accusatory.
She had waited for Flynn to come back to the room after he had found the gym but after too much time had elapsed, she had a sneaking suspicion that something had happened. She had gone down to the gym, feeling more suspicious when she did not find him there.
Then he appeared, with Ma-Ri in tow. If she could, she would have vomited fire at the both of them. To make matters worse, Ma-Ri started to touch him like he was her own husband. It had taken all of Noelle's willpower not to gouge out Ma-Ri's eyes, and that silly Flynn had just stood there like a mannequin, didn't he know he was supposed to tell her to stop?
"What," she demanded, her voice laced with a cold fury, "was that supposed to be?"