Page 50 of The Chosen Fae

Stone had unlocked it for her so she didn't have to knock and give them away.

"What is going on now?" Rune asked.

"That fae guy who came after Lizzie at the school is with her now in my dining room!"

"Vesper. Okay, so we put our first plan in place," Rune said.

"What's that?" Stone asked.

"I make up the story that he's been dating me, and here Vesper has been cheating on me behind my back."

Stone smiled. “He will love that.”

"Let's go." Rune left the bedroom, and the others followed her into the dining room.

His eyes widening, Vesper looked surprised to see them. "Well, well, you three get around."

"I can't believe you would be dating some other girl behind my back," Rune tore into him.

His mouth gaped. He couldn't backtrack and say he didn't know Rune now.

"Hi, Lizzie. Tasha told me you were with this guy today, but we've been dating for several months, and I never expected this. It’s not your fault. You didn’t know," Rune continued.

"I've never—" Vesper started to say.

"You're a liar. Has he kissed you, Lizzie? He's a great kisser," Rune made up.

Stone smiled, looking totally amused. Lolita was just taking it all in, maybe learning from the experience.

"I would dump this guy before it goes any further," Rune said. "I can't believe you would do this to me."

Lizzie's mouth was agape. She looked like she didn't know what to say or do.

Tasha said, "Go on. Get out of my house. You're not going to treat my friends that way."

Vesper shook his head. "Rune is lying. I've never dated her."

"Right. Tell her the truth for once!" Rune said. “You’re despicable.”

Lolita cleared her throat. "He dated me too. I'm sorry, Rune. I didn't know he was seeing you. Then when I saw he was with you, I realized he was a two-timer. I can't believe he's doing the same thing with Lizzie now. I wonder just how many girls he's seeing like that without any of us knowing about it."

"Well, he’s not dating me," Tasha said. "I wouldn't be seen dead with a guy like that. He doesn't deserve anyone decent."

"I agree," Lizzie said.

They all looked at Vesper to see if he was going to leave.

"Hell." Vesper slowly got up from his chair and said to Rune, "I'll get you back." Then he stalked out of the house and slammed the door.

Rune smiled. "That's what he deserves." But she was thinking that was the end of his quest to befriend a human and destroy her.

Unless the Game Master thought that he had accomplished his mission because Lizzie had been upset by the fae over the whole matter when she thought she had a new boyfriend.

“Are you all right?” Rune asked Lizzie.

Lizzie took a deep breath and let it out. “Yeah. We just met, so though he was charming, I don’t feel any great loss. If we’d been dating for a couple of weeks, I might have.”

“Okay, good,” Rune said, though she couldn’t imagine anyone thinking that Vesper was charming! Even Xena didn’t seem to think so. They might be the alpha pseudo-leaders of their respective packs at the games, but they weren’t in any way boyfriend and girlfriend.