Phei had seen how Dravenna avoided anywhere close to him.
He would have had to be blind, dead, or David during a livestream argument not to notice. Dravenna Ashford had always separated herself by a table, a cluster of women, a passing server, or the sheer cowardice of intelligent self-preservation dressed up as social grace.
So Phei did something that surprised her.
He did not chase or pursue her openly, less; not even greet her:
In fact, he ignored her completely.
At first, Dravenna maintained the calm mask even though she had expected the opposite.
But now and then, her jade eyes moved toward Phei only to find him looking elsewhere; speaking with Sierra. teasing Amber or Yuki, laughing with Maddie.
Never giving her the pursuit she had braced herself to reject.
And maybe it was at that moment Dravenna realized pursuing a woman did not always mean chasing after her like a simp or fly towards a abd scent.
Human language was annoying like that.
