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Eli

"Liam, what did I tell you. If you're to go into a Ball as a lord, you must dress as one," Jaiel said, opening the cabinet to pull out a completely outrageous outfit. It was the most stereotypical Fae thing I'd ever seen, complete with a small vest and voluminous pants.

I cocked a brow at him. "Really? Are you sure that's necessary?"

"You'll see." He shrugged and took the outfit to the bathroom to change.

When he came out a few minutes later, he was smirking, that silver left canine glinting in the lyphos light. "Now do you understand?"

He shook his hair a few times, so it fell neatly around the delicate coronet covering his forehead, then he created twists with half the hair and pinned them to one side so it showed off his ear. A very pointed ear, covered in rings from base to tip.

"We want all eyes to be on me and not grumpy-pants."

"Must you be so obvious about it, though?" I gestured to the outrageous garb. "People are going to know this isn't real!"

He winked and leaned close enough for me to smell his natural charisma wafting off.

I swallowed hard.

"Trust me. It'll be fine. People see what they want to see, and this is exactly what they expect from a Fae." Then he winked and ran his eyes down my body.

My cock tightened uncomfortably. "Damn it, Jaiel. Do you really have to do that?" I couldn't look away from his blue eyes, heavy with desire …

He laughed, the sound hypnotic. "Feeling a little uncomfortable?" Leaning closer, he ran his hand down my chest, the heat sending off sparks in my body as it drew nearer the buttons on my pants … the no longer flat buttons …

"I could fix that, you know," He whispered, letting his hand drop lower until he was cupping my growing erection. I tipped my nose into his neck and inhaled more of that intoxicating scent.

Blood pounded in my ears, and for a moment I let myself imagine it — his hands stroking my cock, those fingers moving along the hard length as he dropped to his knees and took me into his …

"No." I swallowed hard and stepped away, breath shaky. "That's not fair, and you know it. Just because you're feeling angsty about your magic, doesn't mean you can test it on me. We both know it works just fine."

Jaiel smirked and stepped back. "Fair enough. That girl really has worked a number on you, hasn't she?"

I ignored him and took a breath of the clean fresh air. Phew, that stuff was potent.

Jaiel was already off, moment forgotten as he stood by the door and tapped his foot impatiently. "Let's go. Hopefully, someone at the party is up for some fun! My monster is hungry."

I grunted and followed him, still a bit flustered.

We met Lynk outside. He'd dressed up in a full suit like Jaiel had told him to, and I wondered what Kaiya would think of the three of us.

"You two ready for this?" I said, smiling widely.

Lynk just grunted and Jaiel's smirk grew. "More than ready, little lordling."

I shook my head. "Well, then. Have fun, and please don't get Kaiya killed."

Jaiel winced and Lynk hailed the carriage.

I wanted to follow them and make sure they did everything right, but I had to let them do their jobs. I had my own job to do.

They'd do the fun work of locating Kaiya, while I gathered creatures to help us.

It took me about twenty minutes to get to the entrance of the library, and I grinned as I slipped off my harness and tied up the rope.

To think, a week ago I hadn't been able to do any exploring on my own! I felt like a real Rogue, now. Perhaps when all this was done, they'd even let me have my own position!

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