I drew a bath, dropping some aromatic salts in the tub; the scent of eucalyptus and orange filling the bathroom. I soaked in the tub for a long time; ...lmost too long. I took a look at myself in the mirror and decided to shave off my neat little landing strip. If I was turning a new page, it would be with a whole new me. The landing strip yielded to the razor easily; I did a quick inspection to make sure there were no stray hairs left. I did not wear any perfume; I relied on my own musk to. " No problem Mike, your ass is safe, just humor me for a little while" then I terminated our conversation by setting up and looking around for Lyn and shithead as I had come to think of Will.I wasn't prepared for what I saw and had to stifle a cry to keep from blowing the whole thing. There in the dark corner of the dance floor they were locked in a kiss that was a full blown spit swapping tongue dance. I was about to launch myself to intervene when Lyn pushed shithead away and abruptly walked. ” Elena wringed her fingers, “I have disavowed my family to be in the service of the Dark Queen.” Wentz chewed on his lip. “You are… a… a half-breed?” “She’s not a dog, Ambassador.” I chuckled, “She is a hybrid of high-blood and dark, and so she was the perfect ambassadorial candidate to the Highlands. Queen Alkandi sent her here a fortnight ago, and she arrived just yesterday.” “And why wasn’t I informed of this?!”“Security measures.” I said coolly, “We feared that certain… aggravators would. .. had my earphones in and... I didn't hear.“ She seemed to be giving me the benefit of the doubt.“Yeah, you were pretty into it. Hey, I'm not a creep, I swear.” Oh, crap, I just thought of something funny about “figures” too. I let out an involuntary snicker.As she shifted in her seat, I saw that the top button of her pants was undone, now that my eyes had adjusted and there wasn't such a contrast between the dark room and bright screen. She whispered, “oh, what's funny?”“I'm sorry... it's.