~ CASIMIR ~
'Maya!'
'I've got it,' she answered, already gathering power and lifting his head with the weaves, hobbling forward as she cradled his head and set the weaves on him so that he stopped shaking and his wheezes turned to pants, then sighs.
Jesse was standing with her hands on her mouth, staring in horror. But within moments her brother was rolling onto his knees and staggering back to his feet, looking sheepish, though with a gleaming light in his eyes that belied his apparent admiration of his sister.
"You do not touch her. Ever," I hissed, snapping him with a lash of the power. "Unless it will save her life, you never step closer to her than you are now. You express your admiration from a distance, asshole."
Ryan nodded quickly, licking his lips and bowing his head towards me, then Jesse. "Yes, yes. I'll… I'll just help her."