[Milo L'Evienne]

”Right,” Milo agreed with a grin while Nell bent her head over her piece of parchment, amused at the sort of energy that was driving her. It was indeed contagious and added to his own sense that recent events were a sign that their future would soon be much clearer as a result. ”As for never knowing, I like to keep you guessing,” he teased. ”How else will I make sure you’ll stay interested?” Shirking off his own task for a second or two after picking up a quill and pulling a fresh sheet of parchment in front of him, he added, ”Public announcement and personal contacts. A good idea, though I suspect the Rosemen might want to perform some sort of evaluation process when those arrive for security reasons. As for Odyleon, who knows? I haven’t heard from him in awhile. Only the letter from Robyn we received that indicated he’d gone off there. I hope he and Robyn are alright. He’d be a natural choice though wouldn’t he?”

That last remark made, he dipped his quill in the inkpot and began to scrawl out a missive to be delivered to Alexis, only pausing when Nell spoke up again. ”Hmm?” he asked distractedly without looking up at first. He did though, when asked for his assistance. And catching the expression on her face when she touched his arm, he quirked a curious brow in response while his mind hastily formed the sort of assumption it was more than capable of piecing together with little outside encouragement. In spite of himself, his grin turned vaguely wolfish when he asked, ”Only half a candlemark? And it does,” he added with a glance at the pair of closed doors. ”Sir James has a key…But are you sure I’ll be safe in your hands?” So saying-after all, he hardly needed much encouragement in that regard, and still wolfishly grinning, he stood and took Nell’s hand to help her up, leading her over to that door so he could slide the lock in place with a barely audible click.

Then there with his back resting against the doors and arms wrapped around her waist, he dipped his head to find a particular spot just behind her ear and whispered. ”Now what exactly did you have in mind love?”