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He stood and walked over to her, his face unreadable "I’d like to see you do your own makeup, your ritual"
She sed hard, her throat suddenly dry "Come to my room after your shower, I’ll let you watch"
She watched as his eyes darkened
"I’ll be there" He easily lifted her heavy case and walked out of the room
Amelia took a deep breath She would seduce hi her confidence rising with her exciteot to her roorabbed the case Darian had left in the hallway and hurried to get everything set up She set up her case in the ed the heavy wingback chair over to create a place for Darian Satisfied with her room set-up, she ran into the bathroo bobby pins, she carefully arranged her hair away fro her a pin-up look She ripped her suitcase apart looking for her favorite dusty rose silk robe she’d bought on a whi that she had aimpossible, so the sexy robe was rateful she had it
She looked down and almost screamed in panic It looked like her suitcase had exploded She had just finished throwing everything back in when there was a knock at the door Without bothering to zip it, she shoved it under the bench at the foot of the bed
"Co said sexy like puffing for breath because you were so out of shape you couldn’t dig through your own suitcase
When Darian walked in, she couldn’t catch her breath for another reason Instead of his nor the traditional long fae robes that were so well known throughout their world Unlike her dreaolden with jewel-tone leaf embroidery Instead, it was a deep black; the cuffs of his sleeves and collar were accented in sharp, ruby-red geoave the robe a formal look and the dark hues only emphasized his fair skin and blond hair The contrast was allasses of red wine
He smiled at her, and she was shocked at her reaction to it At first, she was filled with a gleeful joy, and for a moment, her fears for the future faded, until she saw his eyes They were no longer their normal lavender; instead, they were a dark alided across the room and sat down in the chair she had set up for him Nervously, she sat down at her ilass of wine She took a sip to calood wine She carefully set the glass down in the top open coe yourhis attire and the wine
He shook his head "I stopped fighting The idea of seeing you like this, this intimacy, I couldn’t stay away Like a moth to a flame, except I want to be burned If these are to be my final days, I want your touch to act as the brand that will setlight, knowing that my cremation will set you free"
She turned her head away to hide her tears He had given up completely, and she didn’t kno to save hiive someone the will to live? She slowly reached for her wine and took another sip If he was so ready to set her free, then she would have to show hi for
She tossed the idea of her sultry look; he was bathed in enough darkness She picked up her rose-scented powder and lightly dusted her chest and neck sending its soothing fragrance throughout the roo terribly unfair; I think I should have a say considering this is ht s to appreciate the unfairness in life"
She shrugged and pulled out the bottom drahere she kept her oils She never used them on clients, but found that, even if the spelled oils weren’t directly applied to who on, the aromas alone helped She reached for her two most powerful oils One was a present from her brothers, the other one she had made herself Brotherly Love was a mixture of frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, and lilac, essences associated with protection All three of her brothers had poured their love and energy into this oil, sofor hoardenia, jaseranium, and vanilla, it had been inspired by her dreaardens She hoped that the properties of love and fertility with the protection properties of Brotherly Love would help guide and protect her
She dabbed a few drops of each oil on the inside of her wrists and brought thehtly behind her ear and down her neck She peeked over and was satisfied to see that Darian had visibly relaxed and was s softly She turned back to her task at hand
"I like using a light powder in the evenings, so with a bit of luht" She used a brush to powder her face "A lot of people think you have to go with a darker look when you go out at night, the s for exahter colors have their place when the sun goes down" She picked up an eye shadow palette "This color is called Heart’s Desire; it has a gorgeous chaold color" She used a small, fluffy brush to apply the color all over her lid "This one is called, Shihlight her brow bone, her inner eye, and the center of her lip One by one, she chose bright colors naht When she was done, she turned to hilass sat on the floor beside his chair, forgotten He no longer sripped both ar an unseen enemy to stay seated