“Get in good with me?” I questioned.
He nodded, then offered his arm to escort me.
Was this a trap?
Also, as he turned, his wings just… vanished.
Bye-bye beautiful wings. I may have pouted just a tiny bit.
“I’ll be honest,” he said with easy candor. “She sent me here to befriend you, seduce you, find out all your dirty secrets so she can use them against you. I don’t plan on doing that. I hate that—” he looked around quickly, “—witch.”
Me too. But I wasn’t sure I could believe him. He might just be saying that to get in good with me, then betray me. I didn’t trust easily, and this guy already had several marks against him because of the company he kept.
But… if what he was saying was true — at least about Saldrea sending him — then he should be able to buy me new stuff and she’d go along with it. I liked that idea.
I may not trust him, but I could use him… until he proved himself trustworthy.
“Then a shopping spree it is!” I said, linking my arm in his. And wow, there was a lot of muscle under that shirtsleeve.
He smiled down at me.
Wow… okay, disarming much? I’d have to be very wary ofthat smile. Rook’s sinful grin might melt my panties, but this angel’s soft smile made me want to take them off willingly.
“My name’s Vynsiel,” he said casually. “But most people call me Vyns.”
Sounded like “Vince,” but I doubted it was spelled that way.
“Izzy,” I said. “But you knew that.”
Given that enticing smile, I’d have to be careful how much I told him, but I figured my name was safe for now.
Vyns didn’t take me to the shop in the north building of the lesser residence. We strolled across campus to a place called Royal’s Hall, which sat next to a river. An arching bridge crossed the river south of the hall, and just beyond that the river vanished over a waterfall.
Beautiful.
“I’m not royal,” I whispered to him.
“But my mistress is, and that gives me access. Might as well get you the best devices, yes?”
I smiled. Why not.
Nearly everyone inside the hall were elves, and those who weren’t were clearly attendants or guards of elves. I got a few looks, but mostly people dismissed me. I was below their notice, it seemed.
The small shop here had a limited display of clothes and supplies, but I quickly found out it had far more stock than it seemed.
When Vyns asked to see computers and phones, the girl behind the counter began pulling out dozens of items fromsomewherebelow the counter.
Vyns must have caught me gawking.
“Infinite storage boxes,” he said. As long as you knowwhat’s in them, you can just reach in and pull it out. No limit and each weighs only a few pounds, very handy.”
Since he seemed to be in an explanatory mood, I asked, “There seems to be a lot of crossover terminology between this world and… the human realm.” I almost saidearth. “Computer, phone, angel…?” I prompted.
He smiled.
God! That smile!Oh, would you like my panties, here, let me give them to you.
No!
