Page 2 of I Ran Away to Evil 2
CHAPTER 1
Nobody Managed to Poison the Punch!
Rufus
“I now pronounce you, Dark Lord and Lady!” Their Royal Highness Rowen of Peldeep announced. “You may kiss the bride!”
The pair obliged, and a cheer erupted from the guests as I let out a sigh of relief. Keith was married, and nobody had lit anything on fire!
Of course, that was when the crowd’s cheering cut off into a sudden unnatural quiet.
Everyone was looking up in fear. “What?” I stiffened, searching the area for assassins, when an unmistakable green tail with a purple sheen dropped down from above.
Her Eminence Feliwyn the dragon whipped her tail around in her sleep. It landed daintily between the dais and the first row of guests.
Everyone held their breath, readying to run screaming for their lives. The dragon had been asleep for eight years now and not awoken from her proposed decade-long nap.
Luckily, the dragon resettled.
“We invite everyone to the reception,” Their Royal Highness Rowen declared loudly, dragging everyone’s attention away from the house-size magical lizard, “where there will be music and refreshments.”
The tension eased, and I joined the rest of the wedding party as we navigated stage left around the curling tail.
“Getting married beside Her Eminence wasyouridea,” I teased Chloe the Necromancer.
“And I toldyouthis was going to be a wedding they’ll never forget!” She chuckled. “You worry too much, Rufus. Besides, this way she gets to attend.”
I scanned the field. We were set up beside Lake Loria, the largest lake in theDark Enchanted Forest of Nilheim. Below, in its depths, lay the city of Plittsmouth, home to selkies and kelpies and all other manner of murderous aquatic folk. They were a blast at parties.
After enough time had passed to ensure that Feliwyn wasn’t going to wake up—that dragon wasnota morning person—the lake inhabitants came back to frolic in the waters.
There were no obvious threats, but I activated a perk to be sure.
[You have attempted to use the Perk:Detect Fake. You have succeeded.]
[Scanning targets equal to your Perception 30 xExamine6. You have selected all 180 available targets. No Disguise-based abilities detected.]
It didn’t work on those individuals who were higher level than me, but not many people on the continent fit that description.
Unfortunately, most of those people were invited to this event.
Sigh.
I checked to make sure my mana could handle another hour of this.
Name:
Rufus Triever
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