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“That you do, Vi. That you do,” Bub said with a slow nod. He tapped his temple. “She’s brilliant about stuff like that.” His gaze fell on my sister. “If you’d like to meet your fated one, come by Monster Mingle, and we’ll fix you right up. We’ve got ogres and orcs, and even a centaur or two that might catch your interest.”
“You never know,” my sister said with a low laugh.
Kate poked the bag and lowered her voice. “Maybe we should check it out later?”
My pulse roared. “Maybe we should.”
Chapter28
Kate
“Tylik,” Finni said, waving her half full glass his way. “Would you check with the kitchen to find out how much time we have until dinner?”
“Use magic to do it,” Isirell said.
“No,” both Tylik and Finni barked.
“I don’t mind walking,” Tylik said, rising. He shook his finger at his sister, who tried to playfully bite it. “No magic, remember?”
“Boring,” she said. Her gaze traveled to the foyer. From the change in the air, someone must’ve arrived. “There she is. Finally.” She rose and rushed across the room, meeting up with Drueline.
“They’ve been friends since they were little,” Tylik told me softly.
From the limpid glance she shot Tylik, followed by a glare at me; I suspected Drueline hoped she and Tylik would end up more than friends.
With a huff, she turned to Isirell, leaning close to whisper something in her ear.
Isi glanced our way and laughed, though the emotion didn’t shine in her eyes.
“I’ll be right back?” Tylik said, nudging his head in the general direction of the kitchen.
I nodded, and he left.
I sipped my splendeer, though for some reason, it now tasted bitter.
The room quickly filled with various monsters, humans, and more elves than I’d seen in one location in my life. I did my best to remember their names.
Finni kept nodding approval and giving me smiles.
Seyla chatted with a minotaur on the opposite side of the room, and their laughter rang out.
I was beginning to wonder what was taking Tylik so long when Finni rose from her brocade-adorned chair.
“I’d like to show you something in the adjacent parlor, Veskadik,” she said to one of the older elves formally dressed in a black tunic and pants. “If you’ll attend me.”
“Of course, my duchess,” Veskadik said, bowing deeply.
Isirell dropped onto the sofa beside me as the two left. “Socializing gets tiring, doesn’t it?”
I nodded, not wanting to name how much I wanted to leave with Tylik. We could go home and climb into bed. Snuggle together.
Drueline joined us, standing beside Isi, watching me with a snarky expression while taking sips of her drink.
“Will your family attend the wedding?” Isirell asked me.
“Just my friend, Seyla, who’ll be my maid of honor. My mom can’t make it.”
“I’m sorry. Where does she live?” Isi asked. “I don’t know much about the human realm other than that it’s as big as the fae world.”
