Cruenti - Chapter 2Chapter 2Will drove off, waving as he left the lot. Evey watched him go, shook her head and then turned around to go into the office. Jezz started when she entered, having been by the window. The young redhead, jerked away and then flushed turning her face a bright red."Sorry, Evey, just... Wow. I didn't know you had a boyfriend. And a really hot one."Evey rolled her eyes, but couldn't stop the pleasure that slivered through her."He's not my boyfriend, Jezz."Jezz's brow furrowed."He's not.""No. I only met him recently."Saying last night would probably freak the poor girl out. In the two years she'd been working here, Evey had
Aligeri - Chapter 31 Part IIChapter Thirty-One: Family (Part I)While the men helped the twins get reoriented, the sprites were outside, playing in the snow. Mustela had challenged Mephistis to a rematch of their last snowball fight, which had been sadly interrupted by the discovery of the guard killed by Rainer. They invited Kit, Luke, and Ailuros to join them, of course. Luke, however, not really knowing how to make a decent snowball, and not being good at all at throwing them, decided to just make a snowman in the sidelines. Well, rather, a snowsprite, as it was too small to really be considered a man. As for Ailuros... well, she had politely (and firmly) declined j
Aligeri - Chapter 31 Part IChapter Thirty-One: Family (Part I)Guy's eyes went wide, and the key in his hand fell to the floor with a soft thud. For a moment he just stared, dumbfounded."But..." he choked, reaching forward and scooping her up tightly in his arms as if he thought she might fade away. "You died! I was holding you when it happened, Ruby!"The prince was shaking as he said this, and after a few seconds was sobbing into her red hair, overwhelmed with happiness that he was really holding her again."I know, and I did," the princess said, crying with happiness as well. "Feles resurrected me and took me back to her palace. She said things were too dangero
Aligeri - Chapter 30 Part IIChapter Thirty: Yule (Part II)The couple, enjoying their time alone together, were caught up in one another for the next few days. Meanwhile, however, things were extremely uneventful for Ailuros and Zephyr. The sprite seemed to stay in her cat form more often than usual during the snowstorm, probably to better keep herself warm in the cold weather. Now, the storm was clearing up quite a bit, however it continued to snow lightly outside. It was just a few more days until the ball, and Ailuros was in her normal form, her head in her hands, bored."I hate the weather..." she grumbled, as pessimistic as ever.Zephyr was sitting in corner of