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He followed her across to where the board was and watched her with the knives. Dovian had figured she was good with them so he wasn't surprised to see the ease in which she handled them. With her having selected the set she wanted he took the other set and tested its weight in his hand. "What I want.." Dovian twirled one of the knives around his fingers as he looked up at Ade. "You'll just have to find out if I win." A bit of a grin crossed his face then.

He moved back from the board and waited for her to throw her knives. Dovian was going to let her go first as he said. It would also give him time to really think about what it was he wanted. There were a few things he could think of...

He watched Adenah with the blade, his eyes following the trail that it made along her neck and collarbone. A deep breath was once again taken in and he lifted his eyes to her face to keep his thoughts on tack. When she got into position and threw the knife he turned his head to look at the target. Sure enough she'd put it right in the center. A knowing smirk showed on his lips, he hadn't expected anything less really.

Her little comment derailed his thoughts a bit and his gaze slowly rolled to the side to look at her. A slight shake of his head followed and he moved to stand right next to her so that he was at the same distance away from the board. "And how would you know that?" Dovian looked at his knives for a second before picking a specific one to use. He looked at the target where her blade stuck out then used an under handed throw to put his knife right next to hers. The two blades would end up tip to tip on the center.

Sir? He arched a brow at that. Dovian rolled his eyes, clearly not a fan of the title but he said nothing. Instead he dropped his gaze down to the blades in his hand, once again toying with them to feel the weight. He waited for Ade to come back and throw her next blade and when she did he simply shook his head at her antics. "Unfortunately, no. I would likely hit the guys sitting at that table instead of the target." He gave a gesture to the Obans drinking and conversing.

One of the blade was tucked between his index and middle finger, like one would hold a playing card. Dovian brought his hand up then with a flick of the wrist and some extra oomph from said fingers, the knife flew threw the air and struck the board. Once again his knife was right where hers was, tip to tip. He was doing that on purpose. "We're tied though.. So, since you didn't ask the only way you're gonna get to put all those marks on me is if you win. How badly do you want to do that?" He was teasing but he also was mildly curious how serious she was about it.

"Starting?" He asked innocently. Dovian had been putting his knives right where hers were on purpose. He had a mild idea about what he'd ask for if he won. As she threw her last blade he watched it with curiosity to see where it would land. When he saw it wasn't as good as the other throws his brows rose. A deep chuckle escaped him as she started to curse her luck.

He lifted his last blade and readied it to throw when he heard her say that fate was determined to make her virtuous. He half coughed and Dovi's aim faltered at that and he realized it too late. The knife went too far to the left and stuck into the wall right next to the board. He'd missed it completely. For a second he stared at the knife then looked at Adenah. Amusement danced in his eyes as he leaned closer to her. "Even if you had lost I can pretty much guarantee fate didn't want you to be virtuous." Not for what he was going to ask for as reward.

"Hm, well, I have the next two days off work so, when did you want to mark me?"

Hearing the answer to his question just made him give Adenah a look. Again his jaw seemed to tighten some as he took a deep breath. Dovian suddenly found himself thankful for all the years of ignoring advances of women since it allowed him to keep his reaction mostly hidden. As he let his breath out slowly he faced the shifter hybrid and brought both hands up to skim his fingers over her arms to her shoulders. "I'm not sure you can handle what I had in mind but if you still have energy after getting your prize then fine.." He barely arched a brow at her as he spoke.

"Did you want another drink or are we done here?" He asked mainly to see how serious she was about her reward. If they stayed for more drinks then it was likely that she was mostly bark. If she wanted to leave now then there was definitely going to be some biting.

He watched her expression carefully and when he saw her smile return he almost rolled his eyes. Adenah was clearly far too happy to be able to do what she wanted.

Dovian didn't complain when she paid, though he had plans to slip that same amount of coin into her pocket later on without her knowing. He took his hand away from hers but only so that he could slip his arm around her waist as they left. "A room would be nice, but something tells me you are going to be loud. There is a back way into my place that no one will see." He figured he would offer the option of more privacy. "Unless you want everyone to know what you're doing."

"Mm, not always. You're pretty quiet when you sleep." Dovian couldn't help the small jab. He wouldn't argue about Adenah being loud when she was awake though. It wasn't a bad thing. At least, he wasn't bothered by it.

Her swaying was noticed and he could only really lift a brow at her actions yet again. "Did you have that much to drink or are you trying to get my attention?" If it was the former then he would make sure to put her to bed when they got to his place. He didn't want her to do anything when she was under the influence, even if she would likely do the same thing sober.

"Mm." He grunted at her little antics. He did have to agree with her about their circumstances though. It was nice to have her company without the threat of or already having bodily harm.

Dovian shifted their positions slightly, making it so that he walked behind her with his hands at her waist. They took a few steps that way before he allowed his hands to slide down to her hips and grip a bit more tightly. The blacksmith pulled Ade back toward him until she was against his chest and leaned down. "You definitely have my attention, Adenah." His voice was a low rumble as he made sure no one but she would hear him. It was also the first time he'd used her real name. One of his hands had left her hips so that he could trail the backs of his fingers up one of her arms to her shoulder, then across her collarbone.