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"But won't they suspect so the saain?" Mericlou said

"You'd think that they would," Aldrec replied slyly "Buttheir youth that to see a male with one female one year, and then see him one day, with someone couaranteed"

Mericlou sain rest her head upon Aldrec's shoulder, before she stopped herself

"Will you be like these young elves, Aldrec?" She asked "Will you just suddenly becoirl who tickles your fancy down the road?"

Aldrec shook his head, s elf," he said "And even if I were, ht e And thirdly, I love you, Meri You know it as well as I What I feel for you is far more than mere elf infatuation or curiosity"

He leaned over, and kissed her, and then Mericlou, at last satisfied, rested her head fully on his shoulder

When they arrived at Lusea, he walked her to the pet shop for Needles' food, and then back hoain, he proved to her that if she was having a bad day, just being with him made it better

Mericlou hummed to herself as she watered the plants at holed at her actions

She never hummed to herself

So, Meri, this is what it's like to be in love, she thought

It was true that yesterday had started out poorly, but after Aldrec intervened, she found herself able to handle its re Noroa hoain was simply wonderful

At the moment, it was only Sedriil in the apartment with her While the rest of the faone to the marketplace with Noroa, her little brother was busy with his usual data-gathering treks through the Orb Nethile she caught up on tending to her plants

She came upon the rose beside the hall entrance It was the very one that Aldrec had given her when they first met It had become special to her, both for sentins of wilting Though no known spells could delay death, it had to be ical; there was no doubt in her mind