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Elizabeth blinked Meryn had already secured an invitation to Éire Danu and by the queen herself? She shook her head She thought , just a place to lay low until she could return to the hu out that she could survive a nose dive out of an office buildingShe eyed the peculiar little human with renewed interest

"Denka, your tea" The man that Meryn had called Ryuu carried a tray into the room Immediately Elizabeth’s nose picked up on the faint smell of jasmine

"Thank you Ryuu, have you met Elizabeth yet? She’s the one that Gavriel has been drea theht that Meryn was the exception to the rule aboutin unit estates

Meryn blinked "Yeah, ouldn’t you?"

"It just isn’t done, Meryn"

Ryuu chuckled "You’ll soon discover that Meryn often does things that ’just aren’t done’" Ryuu poured their tea carefully before stepping back to stand against the wall

"I do, don’t I?" Meryn picked up a s one on a napkin on the table Elizabeth watched in fascination as the cookie lifted all on its own and tiny bite"That’s Felix He’s a sprite that decided to adopt me He’s super sweet, but not everyone can see him," she explained

Feeling as if she had stepped into an episode of the Twilight Zone, Elizabeth nibbled on a cookie What had she gotten herself into now?

CHAPTER TWO

"So what do you do, you know, to support yourself?" Meryn asked

"I’anized and keep their day running s in the background she had helped osh, Aiden needs you! This is so awesoanization isn’t really otten especially lazy now that I have Ryuu I swear I don’t kno I s like lunch and clean clothes"

Elizabeth laughed "Those are is, Meryn What exactly does Aiden need help with?"

"Everything"

"Really?"

"Yup, really I think he still hand writes his reports, it’d be aa ballpoint pen and not a quill and ink" Meryn shuddered

"It can’t be that bad?" Elizabeth scoffed

The sound of a throat clearing had her turning to look at Ryuu Elizabethothers as she did, but he served on a personal level, where she served on a professional one

"You mean to tell me that the man responsible for the defenses of the four pillar cities and the running of all our warrior units still hand writes his reports? How in the hell does he get anything done?" Elizabeth set her cup down