Page 63 of Shadowing Bright
“If you like.”She smiled.“So, you are interested?”
“Can you teach me what I need to know?”
“Sure.I can do it with illusions to mimic the general idea of what you will be facing.”
Sable smiled.“This is exciting.”
“Are you awake during the day?”
“Yes.Why?”
“I only work half days for the marketing department, so I can spend the rest of my time training you, and we are going to have a trial this upcoming weekend.Eight days for a wedding is really going to show what we can do.It’s a good thing I am allowed to use magic to decorate.I am going to be exhausted, but it will work out.It’s going to be gorgeous, and there will probably be a dragon or two in attendance.”
Sable smiled.“Dragons?”
“Azreen’s father is a dragon and spends most of his time in that form.There is also at least one dragon from nearby.They get funny about territory.Things might get heated.”
“That sounds fun.”
“Yup, but Matthias is in charge here, so they have to go through him.He’s inside, by the way.Have you met him before?”
“Not directly.”
Benko came out of the darkness with hands full of charms.“Is this enough?”
“Oh, wow.Definitely.”
She picked up one of them and held it in her hand; the priming charm was easy.It stuck to the stone swiftly.
“If you want to get others to taste things, I am going to ban sex flavours from the mix or anything unpleasant.”
Sable stared.“It tastes like something?”
“Oh, sure, there are musk and sweat and salt involved for a start.But you tasting another woman might be a little jarring.So, we are blocking out trolls.”
“Oh.Right.That would really mess with the joy of dessert.”
“Yup.So, only trusted people, and I will block the other tastes.I should have a working set of charms by tomorrow.Benko, did you want to hit the taco truck tomorrow night?”
He grinned.“That would be welcome.”
“Great.We each take a charm.I eat some items, you eat others, and then we switch and add a ton of hot sauce.”
“Can I come with you one day?”
“Certainly.If we can get a charm to let you travel that far from your home without your consciousness dispersing.”
Sable cocked her head.“Ask Mage Imara Mirrin.She’s really good at soul manipulation.”
“I will speak with her.”She looked over, and the six people were exiting the house and coming toward them.“Here they are.Neekil and Hannah, whom you know; then Matthias and his assistant, Leonora; and the couple we are talking about, Azreen and Vaia.She’s Imara’s cousin, by the way.I don’t know if they have ever met, though.”
Sable asked, “Is it a sensitive topic?”
“Probably.”
“So, you will take Benko out tomorrow and test his taste buds?”
“If he’s willing.I don’t traumatize the unwilling.”
