Page 30 of Battling Bright
“Great.Now go document Krys’s car without disturbing the newlyweds.”Amy’s smile got soft.“See you in two hours.”
Emmers grinned, and he and Kairek elbowed each other and made their way back to their SUV.
Amy chuckled and tidied up.
Krys smiled.“Courtship going well?”
“Yup.I am going to need to get quotes from you for showers and weddings.”
“You don’t need quotes.Normic and Keel will take on all of your expenses, but the clan will host all events.”
Amy frowned.“I have a lot of friends who aren’t members of any northern clans.”
“In that case, start negotiating.Do it while the image of the very nice night is fresh in their minds.They were there, and they had fun, so put the idea in their heads now.”
“What if they want you to organize it?”
“They can’t.There are higher caste clan members who are event planners.They get first pick of the jobs.The only place I have priority is the Grunwald mansion.”
Amy nodded and looked determined.“Right.I am going to put my considerable foot down.I know what I want, and I want fun and laughter and friends and a relaxing time.I have never had that much fun at a wedding, and the only thing that would have made it better would be Emmers with me, but he’s going to be at Hannah’s wedding next week.”
“Neekil has been very specific, as has Hannah’s mother.It’s good.It means I didn’t have to guess.”
Reynal raised his brows.“Neekil was specific?”
“He has literally been inside Hannah.Not just in the recreational ways.He knows her inside and out, and because he knows, her family wants a wedding; he is going to make sure she has no regrets when it comes to their union.And then they can work on babies.”
Reynal grinned.“They have said as much?”
Amy nodded.“Yup.They are rationing condoms until the wedding.After they have their first, there are magical tattoos that they can get so that he can have more than just the single son.”
Reynal cocked his head.“You are serious?”
“Yes.Nylora’s niece is a tattoo artist, and Nylora can design glyphs that work with dark magic.She’s designed birth control tattoos.They are apparently very effective.”
Reynal tried to be casual.“Do you have one?”
“Nope.To get at me, someone has to go through my clan, my parents, and me.If they get that far, I might just...dang.”She looked at his attentive features.
Amy snorted.“Right.I am going to leave you to it, unless you want a ride home, Krys?”
“Um.”
Reynal smiled.“I will see her home.”He gathered the wrappers and empty drink cups and walked over to the garbage troll.
Once the trash was in the happily grunting and growling troll inside the trash can, Reynal turned to her and held out his hand.“Shall we?”
She stepped toward him and took his hand.“I am only saying yes because I am exhausted.”
“Yes, Krys.I know.Come in close.I won’t drop you.”
“I know.”She felt him put his arm across her shoulders and another around her waist.“Don’t wreck my dress.”
He laughed, spreading his wings.He gave a heavy downstroke, and they were gaining altitude.He held her so she could see where they were going, and he had her home in eight minutes.He landed in her driveway and slowly let her go.
“I look forward to our tutorial session, Krys.I will do an audit of your processes.”
“Why are you making that sound dirty?”
