Penelope held Rikki's gaze as the female thief studied her. She didn't like the way she mused about Gavin being her friend. It wasn't like she had lied about it, the male knight was someone she considered a friend, but she certainly didn't want Rikki finding out about him being her former suitor. Though it seemed like she hadn't quite figured out that detail, her next assumption wasn't much better. 

The knight glared at her as she mentioned her sleeping with Gavin. Penelope clenched her fist at her side, growing rather annoyed with the accusation. She was about to argue with Rikki when Crow suddenly spoke up first. Of course, he didn't buy into Rikki's words and Penelope was glad that he knew better. Gavin might had tried to come between them from time to time but he had never made any physical advances towards her and neither had she towards him. 

However, Rikki didn't ease up. As she mentioned Crow not keeping his hands off her, Penelope felt a heavy unease weigh down on her and she quickly looked to Crow. If Rikki was merely trying to get her to lose her trust in the thief, lying like that would not be enough to sway the knight. As Crow wrapped his arm around her waist, she couldn't help but feel a little relieved to hear him deny it. Unfortunately the relief didn't last long though. Her gaze shifted back over to Rikki as she suddenly mentioned a kiss that had occurred between them. 

The knight frowned and looked up to Crow again. This time he didn't deny it and to make it worse, his face had clearly reddened, which was enough to give her the answer that she hadn't been hoping for. Penelope felt her heart sink as she realized that Rikki was telling the truth. It seemed that though he hadn't slept with the thief, he hadn't completely denied her advances like she had previously thought. Hurt crossed over her expression and she looked over at Rikki as the female thief poked at her again. 

"No, it's not. It's just a manipulative bitch that doesn't know when to stop." she suddenly spat, glaring icily at Rikki. Feeling a bit hurt and betrayed, any efforts to remain civil momentarily went out the window as this new information depleted the knight's normal patience. Luckily, Penelope managed to reign herself back in rather quickly as she realized how harshly she was talking. Now embarrassment flooded mixed with the hurt and frustration she felt.

Penelope usually didn't let people or words get to her as badly as she had let Rikki. She turned her gaze away from the two of them and removed herself from Crow's side. She fell back behind the others, needing to put some distance between Rikki and Crow so she'd be able to cool her head as well as deal with the hurt she felt. As she moved to the back, she felt the questioning gaze of Olivia, who finally seemed to be pulled out of her conversation with Alistair due to the slight commotion. Penelope gave her a dismissive wave, wishing to be left alone for now.