Page 230 of Blood & Betrayals

Alice pulls her attention from her phone and looks up at me from where she is lounging on my bed. “I could use a spacial rune,” she says hopefully.

I glare at her. “No.”

“I’ve gotten better!”

“No.”

Alice sighs, looking back at her phone with a pout.

“So, Con and I are going to dinner tonight. What should I wear?” I hold a dress up against me and stand in front of the full-length mirror.

“I thought you bought that fancy lingerie for him?” Alice asks, looking up to check my reflection in the mirror.

“I did, but we’re going to dinner first.”

Alice slips off the bed and goes to my overstuffed closet, quickly rifling through the hangers. She pulls out an incredibly short maroon skater dress. “Wear this.”

I undress and pull on the little dress, looking at myself in the mirror. It truly is very short, but I like it a lot. Given the temperature, I will definitely have to wear stockings, but luckily, the lingerie set I bought has a garter belt. I grab the stockings and wander into the bathroom to slip into the lingerie I bought to wear for Connor. Alice helps me fasten the back garter clips when I rejoin her in the bedroom.

“Well?” I ask when she’s done, spinning to give her the full effect.

“He’ll cum in his pants.” Alice chuckles.

I laugh and sit beside her on the bed to pull on my boots.

“You going back to the Italian place?”

I nod, zipping the first boot.

“You going to fuck in the bathroom?” she asks, smirking like an asshole while scrolling through her phone.

“You know I don’t everplanto fuck in the bathroom.”

“You’re such a liar.” Alice snickers. “Oh, looks like the headmaster is back on campus.”

I zip the other boot. “Oh?”

“Someone just posted a photo of him onEverydayEmrys.” Alice tilts her phone toward me, showing me the photograph of Headmaster Emrys. He’s walking alone through campus, wearing a dark sweater and dark jeans. It’s the most casual I’ve ever seen him, but he looks tense. Perhaps the search for information about the murders is not going well.

“Do you think he knows there is a whole stalker page dedicated to him?”

Alice shrugs, continuing to scroll through socials. “I mean, if you’re that hot, it’s to be expected.”

I laugh and return to the mirror to finish putting my makeup on.

There is a knock at the door, and I check the time. “That must be Connor. He’s early.”

“Bet he couldn’t wait to get in here and be all gross and mushy with you. I’ll let him in,” Alice says, going to open the door for him. We had started locking the door when we were in the house, just for a little added security. Connor must have forgotten the key I gave him.

“Can I help you?” Alice’s muffled voice carries through the door, and I still at her tone.

“I was hoping to speak to Miss Tuatha De Daanan,” an unfamiliar male voice answers. I glance at my door and slowly make my way to it.

“Why?” Alice asks, and I can hear the hostility in her voice.

“Ah, you must be Miss Legosi,” he replies. I can hear the smile in his voice, but it’s not comforting.

“That’s Your Highness to you,” Alice hisses.

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