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The lovely woman turned to her "And who is your new friend?" she asked, s warmly

"Adelaide, this is Elizabeth Monroe, she is Gavriel’s mate She’s adopted me as her little sister because evidently I’m ’too cute’ Elizabeth, this is Adelaide McKenzie, Aiden’sthe When Adelaide pulled back, Elizabeth could see genuine affection in her eyes "Welcome Elizabeth Since you have adopted Meryn and she’s hter that must mean you’re mine as well" Adelaide’s warm hands squeezed hers before she pulled Meryn into a si Adelaide pulled back and cocked her head to one side looking down at Meryn with a puzzled expression She shook her head and grinned

"I had a feeling you wouldn’t be here unless you had forgotten the day," Adelaide teased

"Moht as well co a new project I was onroo project so I had to change baskets I’ll have Marius make a pot of Honeycup just for you and we’ll put out a few teaspoons of warh theirs and led the room Ryuu followed He walked over and handed Rosalind her basket She giggled and blinked her eyelashes at hientlemanly way and walked over to stand next to Marius

"Ladies, I’hter Meryn and the newest member of our family, Elizabeth Monroe, have decided to join us today" Adelaide turned to the tall silver haired ainst the wall "Marius, can you prepare Meryn’s favorite tea and a treat for our sprite friend as well?"

Marius nodded "Of course, my lady"

Ryuu turned to Marius "It would be an honor to help you serve these lovely ladies today"

The woled Elizabeth met Ryuu’s eyes; the barest of nods to the woman in the corner was all she needed She nodded back and sat down, effectively putting herself between Meryn and the garishly dressed woman Ryuu had indicated to Both she and Meryn placed their coats on the backs of their chairs

"Elizabeth Monroe, a bunny?" the garish woly neutral Elizabeth watched Meryn hunch a little, she could tell that her friend was fighting to keep a scowl off her face Poor Meryn She hadn’t been raised around women like this one; luckily she had

"Actually it’s lepus curpaeuly "That’s just another way to say bunny dear, why get so wrapped up in the technicalities? Of course as a human you wouldn’t understand"

Meryn blinked, and then smiled "So, if it’s okay to call Elizabeth a bunny, then could I call you a bitch?" Meryn asked sweetly

Adelaide started choking on her tea Elizabeth turned to the flustered woman to divert her attention away fro her most pleasant tone