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She giggled and got out of bed, "Oh, Kalas... She's just down the hall." Guen took the arm of the stranger and opened the door to guide him down the hall.

Once they reached Kalas's room she shooed the maid away and rested in a chair, "There you go. She's there." she smiled as she rested her head against the wall and fell asleep again.

Guen's head slid to the left, and she suddenly woke up, "Oh!" she looked around the room and saw the man who requested to see Kalas standing by her side, and blushed, "sorry... i must have fallen asleep."

she slid out of the chair to her feet and bowed to the two, "I'm going to go back to sleeping now..." she shuffled out the door and half way down the hall, when she collapsed.

After a half an hour of worry there was a knock at the door. Oriana rushed to the door, her icy heels leaving a trail of frost on the floor. Her eyes were fixed with anticipation on the door, and when she twisted the silver handle it revealed her sister.

“Hali! What on earth…”

Hali held up a hanger revealing Auren’s jacket, “It took a bit longer because of the detail…”

The jacket was the same color as her dress, a dark smoky blue, with a silver trim. It had ebony buttons, and velvety black swirls and patterns down the chest of it.

Oriana brushed the chest of it and smiled, “It‘s wonderful… I hope he likes it.”

Hali peeked into the house and looked around, “Where is he?”

Oriana took the jacket and walked upstairs to her room, and placed the jacket on the hanger with his shirt and pants, “I don‘t know… I haven‘t seen him all day.”

Hali looked panicked, “Well… the party will start soon… ” she examined Oriana and smiled, “I see you‘re ready… and looking as beautiful as the last time.”

“Are you saying this is one of those annual parties we used to attend?” she asked as she crossed her arms and stood back.

Hali chuckled, “Well…. Remember Savanna?”

Oriana’s eyes went cold and narrowed, “Yes…. Why?”

“Heh… well… It‘s her…”

Oriana‘s eyes fixed on her sister and her mind finished the sentence, “No…No no no! I‘m not going! I can‘t.” she dashed out of her room and downstairs to her living room.

“Oriana please! You have to… you told me you would!” Hali called as she dashed down the stairs after her older sister. When she got to the living room door, she saw the icy fog creeping out from under the door, “Oriana?” she turned the knob and slowly pushed the door open to find everything but Auren’s chair covered in ice. She slipped in and closed the door behind her, “Are you that insecure about your relationship?”

“nothing‘s safe in Aquious… Not even mom and dad‘s relationship.”

“What do you mean!” Hali screeched, “They‘re perfectly happy!”

Oriana looked over at Hali and rolled her eyes, “quit tricking yourself… I will do my best to attend your party, but I‘m not going to be happy about it… especially when I have to see Savanna again.”

Hali nodded and left the room before Oriana noticed the tears streaming down her face. She left the house and waited in town by the gate for her sister.

oriana glanced over her shoulder to see her fiancee standing in the doorway covered in snow and smiled, "I'm fine... just a bit nervous... The party will be starting soon... you should un-thaw and get ready... " she paused momentarily, then looked back into his eyes, "You still want to go right?" she waited for a moment, then jumped. she swept out the door and up the stairs to her room, where she grabbed his outfit and brought it back downstairs, "Do you like it?" she asked examining the jacket. she gave it a good once over, then noticed something... Wings.

Her face paled slightly and tears came to her eyes, "Oh no..." she whispered, "What should we do? I can sew, but i wouldn't consider it tailor material." she hung the hanger on the door and paced, "Oh Auren, I'm so sorry... I can't believe we missed that. It's so obvious!"

She twitched as she watched him cut away the fabric into a tunic, "You just... we spent... It's... ruined..." she shuttered slightly and her eyes rolled back as she fell backward into the hall.

she shuttered and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing his new appearance, she giggled softly, "and just how did you manage that?" She righted herself in her chair and closed her eyes to keep the room from spinning. once the nausea passed she stood and looked Auren over again, pleased with what she say, "You look wonderful love." she whispered as she kissed him softly.

"Cleaning myself up?!" she grumbled, "All i have to do is reapply some makeup before we go... I've been ready while a certain someone decided to adventure all day..." she walked to the door of the living room and glanced back at Auren, "but i won't mention any names."

She left the room and went to her bedroom to do some final preparations before returning to the downstairs, "Alright mister, If you're ready, so am i."