Brynn's eyes, filled with a potent mixture of disdain and superiority, rolled dismissively at the younger girl before her. "Oh, please," she scoffed, her voice dripping with condescension. "You're barely even half a Sallow, if we're being generous." The words slipped from her lips with a biting edge, each syllable laced with a venomous contempt that she made no effort to hide.
Her wand, held with unwavering determination, remained poised and ready, a symbol of both her authority and her readiness to defend herself if necessary. She regarded Tessa with a steely gaze, her demeanor mirroring the sentiment she held toward the entire Sallow family—a belief that they were unworthy of her association, that she stood on a pedestal far above their reach.
To Brynn, Tessa's presence was a reminder of everything she deemed inferior and distasteful. The Sallows, in her eyes, were tainted, a name to be held in derision rather than reverence. She relished the perceived distance between herself and Tessa, confident in her own superiority and unwilling to acknowledge any common ground between them.
With each word and every subtle gesture, Brynn sought to cement her elevated status, to reinforce the notion that she was too good to be associated with the likes of Tessa. In that moment, her disdain for them burned brightly, casting a shadow that threatened to consume any chance of understanding or reconciliation.