Adarlan again part 1

Disclaimer: I do not own throne of glass.

I was back in Adarlan with Aedion and Dorian a month after the ball. Aedion and I were sent to enhance diplomatic relations and secure trade deals as a pretense. I was really sent to spy on some court official at Dorian and Aelin's request and Aedion was here to make our fake trade deals seem legitimate.

Today there was some dinner in celebration of the king and other people who went to Terrasen returning and I was going as myself instead of gathering information just yet. When I was walking to the dinner I saw Aedion on his way as well.

" May I escort you to King Dorian's welcome home dinner, Lady Lysandra?" Aedion asked with fake politeness and a ridiculous bow.

" Yes you may, Prince Aedion." I replied curtsying.

We weren't free to talk about our investigation in the hallway so we made fake small talk.

" Lady Lysandra, have you met anyone interesting since we've been back in Adarlan?" I heard the message as, "Have you met anyone who seems suspicious of planning a coup and returning Adarlan to its old order."

" No Prince Aedion I unfortunately have not, you remain the most interesting person I've talked to since I've been here." At this Aedion blushed like he always did when I said something like this. It amused me to no end to make Aedion Ashryver unbalanced and return things to normalcy after he dragged me out of a ballroom.

Aedion was unable to recover to hid arrogant self by the time we reached the dining hall and took our seats. We had seats near Dorian as we were technically foreign dignitaries. Dinner was amazing and Dorian managed to write a list of people he suspected of treason on a napkin and pass it to me.

The most interesting part of the dinner was something entirely different. The woman sitting across from me was flirting with Aedion and women did it all the time except this time I found myself annoyed with her. Her name was Lady Tara and everything she said made me think sarcastic comments that would have been cruelly hilarious had I been allowed to say them out loud. Eventually, after she actually mentioned the time Aedion was imprisoned by the old King of Adarlan I lost it.

" So, Lady Tara," I said a bit too innocently, " Sorry to cut in but is it true that you're the Lady who was rumored to have given Dorian's cousin venereal disease." Lady Tara looked absolutely horrified but thankfully no one else's seems to hear my statement, except Aedion of course. And truly I don't know why I said it, except for the fact that Aedion was my friend.

Aedion and I fought in the war against the Valg together. Aedion always stood next to Rowan at court functions in Terrasen while I was always next to Aelin. We were selected to be the best man and maid of honor when Rown and Aelin announced their engagement, so when some vapid rich kid tried to seduce Aedion I got annoyed. Deep down I knew it was wrong to call out someone for passing around venereal disease because it truly is none of my business but I can't say I regret it. Besides its not like anyone heard.

Walking back to our rooms Aedion whispered, " So what if I actually wanted to sleep with her?" He was suppressing a laugh so I knew he didn't. " Well, Prince Aedion did you want to? Also let's say hypothetically I wanted to sleep with Dorian, how would you react." I smiled and looked up at him, " Would you mind?"

" Lady Lysandra you are free to do whatever you wish, a fact I'm sure you are well aware of. However; I can't say I wouldn't be slightly murderous though." Aedion said, stopping by my door.

" And what, Prince Aedion, does 'slightly murderous' mean? " I inquired. My back was to the door with my hand on the handle but not going inside, Aedion was standing in front of me and while I wasn't short, Aedion still towered over me.

" Its when you wouldn't go out of your way to kill someone due to various reason but if the opportunity presented itself... Well accidents happen." Now he was looking at me in a way I have never seen before. It wasn't the lusty look Arobynn had gazed at me with or the friendly look I'd see on Sam and even Wesley. And it certainly wasn't the mildly terrified look most men gave me. No this was something entirely different.

Maybe that's what made me stand on tip toes and kiss the Wolf of the North. And I'm sure he had his own reasons for kissing me back. His arms went around my waist and mine wrapped around his neck, tangling my fingers into his golden hair that creepily reminded me of Aelin's before but I didn't really care now. The kiss gradually grew deeper and I felt dizzy and the need to be closer to him. He was wearing weapons under his dinner clothes, because no cousin of Aelin could manage to attend a social function without weapons. One arm left my waist and travelled up my back into my hair and removed the pin that kept it up. My long curls fell down around me and one lock awkwardly got stuck onto my lips.

" Well Aelin forgot to mention this when she picked you two to come with me, if she even knows." Dorian had of course, chosen the best possible minuet to arrive. He stood there smirking as Aedion and I disentangled ourselves.

" Oh um Dorian we should all probably discuss the treason issue inside." I actually managed to sound relatively normal and put together. Aedion on the other hand was still in shock as he entered my room, I also noticed that the pink lipstick I wore was on his mouth and laughed.

" How high up are the people on the list, Dorian?" I asked, grabbing a chocolate ball and jumping onto the couch.

" A few of them are very high up and have had access to pretty much everything. Do you have a plan?"

" Yes, I'll shift into them to get access to their offices and them try wife's and lovers to see if they'll discuss any illegal dealings with evil. You'll have my findings in two weeks so you two need to do a convincing and public series of negotiations on whatever it is we are allegedly here for."

" I'll leave you guys to it I guess, goodbye Lysandra."And with that he walked out, only to walk back in again. " By the way, Aedion while that lipgloss looks excellent on Lysandra, it really isn't your color." Aedion went red and I burst into laughter as Dorian left for real.

" We don't have to talk about this tonight if you don't want to." Aedion said, the blush receding but still noticeable. "But we definantley should talk about it." And then Aedion left my chambers, right after kissing my cheek and bidding me goodnight.

" Goodnight Aedion." I called after him. It was so strange Aedion was known as Adarlan's Whore but he felt the need to talk about one kiss. He bedding half the women on the continent and it takes confidence to do that but when I made even mildly suggestive comments he got flustered and speechless. And then there was the kiss and the fact that he's a gorgeous Fae Prince. Eventually I forced myself to stop thinking about him.

After a few hours of reading Aelin's books and stuffing my face with chocolate I decided to take a walk in the gardens..

Part two coming soon.