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Lady Fen ignored everything and asked, “Can you go to dinner like that?” She paused. “Please?”

Win looked at her three. “Will you guys promise to keep this skirt from riding up?”

Wellyn got up and walked to her, sliding his hand down her backside while she glared at him. “Absolutely not.”

“I can and will destroy you if I need to, and then it will just be me, Atil, and Draven.” She chuckled. “Or I will pull your magic and leave you as a motorcycle-building alpha fella.”

He grinned. “You aren’t really mad. I am checking for it.”

Niko was staring. “You were the elf drenched in blood.”

“Yup.”

“He just told me who you were. What you were. He really is...”

She held her hand up. “And no, I am not going to do that, and if I find out he was encouraged, I will fill him with enough energy to turn him into an alpha who can break rocks. And you will have to deal with that.”

Alexi paused. “Are you talking about me?”

“Yup. The dragon wants to make a bridge between our groupings, and you are the way. Having elves to call on helps him when it comes to dealing with other groups for territory. Or... other dragons.”

She looked at him and smiled. “And by telling you, I have dispersed any interest that you had, so it is no longer an issue.”

The dragon stood and hissed, “Lady, please.”

“No. I am my glamour’s conduit to power. It is unfair to make Alexi the same.”

Alita paused. “Alexi, how do you feel about this?”

He paused. “I like Win. Well, not this one. The small one. This one is stunning, but Win and I get along. We can talk about photos, and her work capturing souls is amazing. She smiled shyly at me as we talked, and I believed we could have evolved more than friendship.”

Win smiled. “Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Didn’t.” She looked at Lady Fen. “Where did you recommend for dinner?”

“Hynura. The banquet room has been reserved, and your family is waiting to greet you. Niko, your gathering is invited as well. You helped bring her to us.”

Alexi frowned. “What?”

Lady Fen smiled. “I believe that Win described it as a dragon fire bukkake.”

Niko blurted out a laugh, and Alita’s eyes widened. Alexi clenched his eyes shut. “Am I picturing that right?”

Niko nodded. “That is what it looked like, but Erik just had wings, no scales.”

Alexi froze. “That image of her. Why is she wearing my tattoo?”

Niko paused, understanding crossed his face, and then started laughing.

Win went hot pink and put her face in her hands. “This day just doesn’t get better.”

Chapter Eleven

Win watched Lyric chatting to her father. It was a great distraction from the teary couple who kept comparing her face to an image on their phones.

Lady Fen sighed and leaned over to speak to her. “My son and his wife were grieving Jia. Those are happy tears, but they are having a hard time expressing it. To learn that she has a mate and is living happily on an island somewhere hurts them.”

“They have other children. Two alphas and a beta,” Win muttered.

“Yes, I am aware. But the loss of Jia hurt them. Meeting you was a step toward recovery.”

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