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Chapter Six
Xiroth smiled as Jennikaemerged and walked back toward him.Xletl looked at him and grinned.“You look happy.”
“I feel happy, and I know what she tastes like, so I am extremely happy.”
Ivy looked up.“Taste?”
Xletl smiled.“We drink blood, like vampires but with better hygiene.”
Xiroth snorted.“We also don’t take much.Two ounces if we are hungry.”
Ivy paused.“That isn’t so bad.”
Sable called out, “Speak for yourself.”
Xiroth was grinning and glanced over, seeing a couple approaching their little group that seemed to have deterred others from watching the event.
Eudora and Sern walked toward them, and Eudora looked excited.She waved.“Hello.Wow.There are so many of you.”
Ivy grinned.“Would you like an introduction?”
“Please.”
“Right.Well, I am Ivy, and I work with luck.Good or bad.It is a handy thing for an event manager.”She smiled.“This is Sable.Sous chef for catering at the hotel.She’s currently in human form, but she defaults into a giant cat if she relaxes right now.She’s working on a plan with that guy.”
Xao laughed.“Hey, Sern.”
“Xao.Nice to see you again.”
Eudora flapped her hand in the air.“Yah, elf whatever.”
Ivy laughed.“This is Tuvel.You might not know her face, but you have two of her quilts at your house.”
Eudora’s eyes teared up, and she crouched next to Tuvel, speaking softly.Tuvel took her hands and held them, pressing her forehead to the other woman’s.
Eudora looked at Sable.“How large a cat?I was doing a video for the big cat rescue, and if you could manage an hour in the environments, I would love to get you in to support the very worthy cause.”
Sable paused.“When?”
“Tomorrow?I think my cameraman brother-in-law is around here somewhere.He’s with another one of us.”
Sern turned her to face the rear seats, where the dark elf and mage were making out.“Yeah, that tracks.”
Eudora laughed.“Den has a filter on.It’s only the elves and us that can see them.”
Ivy looked around, and Jenn and Vine were back.“You know Jenn as the chef from the hotel.She commands fire, and that is Xiroth’s bump.”
Jenn climbed back into his arms and sighed.
“And this is Vine.She’s our enchanter.She worked on the thread in the quilt and keeps Sable and Jennika on their feet.She and I work together to make charms and things, but she does the heavy lifting.”
Vine sat down slowly.“So to speak.Nice to meet you, strength.”
Ivy smiled.“Yes.She’s either sitting or walking.”
“I am also bitching.”She sighed and looked up.“Oh, my god.I am going to give her such a pinch.”
