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Marie nodded and cleared her throat, not sure what to say next Luckily Madaue?” she asked with an irin

Marie blushed and shook her head “I kind of wanted to choose soh a book and judge them based on appearance”

“You’re a purest,” Mada Her silk skirt pooled to the floor and for a ht trip on it, but Madame Osei moved like water “Follow me”

Marie followed quickly, glancing back over her shoulder at all the exotic ani around?” She knew she should have beenbut calm and relaxed in this place Maybe it was the incense

Madame Osei chuckled and nodded “Yes They’re all wonderful Most of them are rescues”

“From like, he circus?”

“No, darling People have a bad habit of biting off more than they can chew They take these poor creatures frorow bored of them, they toss them aside”

“Well, that’s kind of you to rescue them” There were more practical questions that Marie wanted to ask She wanted to ask about wild animal licenses and whether or not they were trained, but practical questions escaped her in this place

Mystique had an air of fantasy to it, and just like her dreams It seemed unwise to ask practical questions in a place like this The entire point of it was to lose yourself in the fantasy and Marie wason with her questions, she just followed Mada her completely

“Where are we going?” Marie asked

“We’re going to the roo to becorin

The ansas vague, but Marie didn’tof nervous excite in her belly The hallway see and as they passed one of the doors, Marie glanced into one of the rooerlike ears twitching on top of his head Marie blinked and when she did the ears and tail disappeared, hts and s to make her head fuzzy

Marie followed Madae set of heavy curtains separated the room from the hall The dark skinned woman reached out and s a rooe for the warehouse

Marie’s eyes widened as she took in as happening There were es of undress Somewhere completely naked, some wore suits, and others wore kilts They were all beautiful in their own right and there were young eless, somehow

Marie’s jaw fell slack and she sed thickly “This is incredible”