Page 70 of Battling Bright
Azreen felt heat in his features.“We are making up for lost time.”
Vaia grinned.“What he said.So, what do you need done to this gown?”
Elida held it at her neck with one hand and then pinched in three inches of her waist on her right.“I am a little hour-glassy.”
Vaia chuckled.“I can fix you right up.Come this way.I have set up a sort of studio for myself.”
“Thank you so much.I am afraid that me and my girls bought most of your shop out.For one reason or another, we all need shifting clothing.”
Vaia linked arms with her.“It’s a good thing that that is what I sell.”
They walked off, and Azreen watched them go.“Right.That silver dress is going to turn heads.”
Neekil nodded.“I wonder if she is wearing it for the gala or the wedding?If she’s wearing it for the gala, I might want to wrap my knuckles.”
Azreen smiled.“She can take care of herself and others.It’s what she does.”
“Those four girls and their mother are hitting local society.Things are going to shift.Oh, what else did you find out from Amori?”
“Oh, her encounter that night was the night star.”Azreen looked at him.
Neekil’s jaw opened in surprise.“Wymol Ar-du?I will kick his ass.”
Hannah was laughing.“Neekil, punkin?”
“Yes, my treasure?”
“Elida is older than I am, and we have had far more than one night.So, you know this Wymol?”
Neekil paused while Krys chuckled.
Hannah looked at him.“So, what is so bad about him that he isn’t worthy of your cousin?”
Neekil opened and closed his mouth.
Krys mumbled, “He’s taller, broader, and the glyphs on his body glow white hot when he gets emotional.Dances like an angel.”
Azreen stared at her.“Really?”
“I have been doing weddings for a while.He gets invited to them when he’s in town, like your wedding, Neekil.He’s Matthias’s special guest.”Krys kept working on her spreadsheets.
Hannah laughed.“So, they will be at the same table, but will they recognize each other?”
Neekil paused and cocked his head.“Maybe not.I am trying to think of how many of the guys she used to work with will be there who can come by and dance.”
Hannah looked at him and crossed her arms, the engagement ring glinting on her finger.“If you spend more time fussing over her than me, this is going to be the shortest union in dark elf history.”
A voice came from the hallway again.“Neekil, stop being a dumbass.I am all grown up.And I know when I was young, I was all there was.A female relative of a dark elf.You have a lover and a war companion, and you are worrying over me.Fine.Worry, but deep down and at a distance.I don’t need you guarding my back anymore.She does.”
She rounded the corner, and everyone went silent.“Great dress, right?”
Vaia was cackling.
Neekil blinked.“You aren’t wearing that anywhere.”
Elida pointed.“Go and commune with nature, or go down on Hannah.Not fussy at this point.”
Krys said, “Just stay clear of Sable.There are things she doesn’t need to see.”
