Ve and Lucas stand at either side of the ring, staring directly at each other. Rhys is outside the ropes but still up on the slightly elevated surface as close as he can get to Ve and Cody is replicating the stance at the other side, his place in the box given up now that he knows that it might not be as smooth as he anticipated. Cody's vicious gaze is fixed on Ve as he whispers poisonous words to Lucas. It is a gaze that will not be returned.
Rhys doesn't even look at the vicious pair as he whispers into Ve’s ear.
"I know you don't want to hear it, but please be careful out there, I need you to come back to me"
Ve sucks in a deep breath wanting to tell him to stop it, even wanting to say that he is being weird or even that he is putting her off her game, instead the sentiments touch he
