Creatures in Foreign Gardens || Katya & Tessa
The sky was scarcely dark when Katya rose from the lake in Hyde Park, silent as the grave, invisible as the wind. She stepped onto the bank, perfectly dry, as the last ripples stilled on the surface of the lake. She caught sight of a slight figure leaning against the back of a bench to her left, and scrutinised the shadows closely. It appeared to be a girl, dressed in a fairly light gown for what was a rather cold night, but she hardly looked to be feeling the cold. Not human, then. Her face was familiar, but Katya had never spoken with her.
A face from the Institute. Ah yes, now she recalled. The little warlock girl. Neither as mature nor as powerful as Magnus Bane, but interesting nonetheless. She'd heard talk of the shapeshifter, a rare skill even amongst Lilith's children, but had not to date had the chance to speak to her directly. And what better time than now, when the girl was alone, and in light of the recent arrivals at the Institute. For surely the Branwells had other things on their mind than the doings of their pet Downworlders, and the girl appeared to be thinking on some great sorrow or dilemma.
"How fare you, Daughter of Lilith, with all these foreigners traipsing in and out of your adopted home?" Katya whispered, her chime-like voice carrying in the wind.