Sorry about the late update y'all other stories again had my attention.

Leena's POV

"Looking good my love" Garrus purred as I came up next to him. I wore the same blue dress I had on when I first met Castis and Solana. I also wore matching flats and my husband offered me his arm. The Commander and Brooks were already here and Brooks looked nice in her dress.

"Be glad the dress code is formal handsome" I replied as we began walking towards the casino. And my Archangel did look handsome because he was wearing the same attire he wore at our wedding.

"You know I shaved my legs for this" Brooks added. "I even put concealer over where I got shot"

Shepard chuckled and a few minutes later we were inside. The analyst then left our group to find the ventilation shaft while Shepard conversed with Liara. Over the commlink, the Asari suggested we mingle with the crowd to avoid detection since Khan had a lot of surveillance.

Shepard went to mingle one way while my husband and I went the other to do said mingling. For the hell of it, the two of us went to a bar and ordered some drinks.

"This isn't a bad place for a date," I told Garrus after I was given my drink.

"Oh we'll be coming here my Nightshade" my Archangel agreed. The two of us continued to blend in with the crowd until I thought it was a good idea for us to briefly separate to cover more ground and avoid any more suspicion.

My attention was suddenly drawn to a lone turian leaning against a wall. He wore all black and he definitely looked out of the ordinary.

"You're not mingling or betting so what's your game?"

"A pleasure to make your acquaintance Leena, Roland Quarn, the game is hearts and minds"

I arched an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Care to elaborate?"

"Most people in this casino are here for a good cause, others are just here to be seen, phonies if you will and have money they won't miss, others who are not myself need it so the honorable thing to do is to part them with this money"

"So you're a con man"

"Con men leave their marks angry, con artists leave them smiling"

"I'm very tempted to report you to security"

"Ooh, I like a good debate" Quarn chuckled. "I won't deny you're a beautiful woman and it's a shame your married"

"Your not only smug but cocky aren't you?"

Quarn chuckled again.

"Well since we're not going to turn the other in I assume your no friend of Khan's"

"Khan doesn't have friends" Quarn went on. "Anyone who says otherwise is deluding themselves"

This guy had some useful information so I continued on with the conversation.

"Is Khan part of your game tonight?"

"No, I simply share what do humans call it? A fleece's guess"

"Does Khan have any weaknesses I should be aware about?"

"I've studied him, he's ruthless and rich but not very bright, temperamental, doesn't deal well with the unexpected, he's also used to letting other people handle things he doesn't understand like his security"

"Hmmm, I think I have all the information I need what do I owe you?"

"Only one thing"

Quarn then took my right hand and pressed it against his mouth plates. I then went into a bathroom to wash my hands so I could get the scent of Quarn off of me. It took me a few minutes to find Garrus and said turian was talking with one of the security guards.

"I think I spotted a man in the poker games with a card fabricator"

"You mean like a cheating device? Can you tell me where?"

Garrus nodded in the direction of one of the poker tables and sure enough, a man looked suspicious. The guard thanked my husband before walking off.

"Find anything useful for the Commander?" I asked my husband as I rejoined him.

"Not much what about"

My Archangel then frowned and I knew what was coming.

"Why do I smell another male turian on you my Nightshade?"

"Relax babe I only talked with said turian about Khan, he did kiss my hand though much to my displeasure"

Garrus growled before pulling me into him and his mouth plates claimed my lips in a possessive kiss. Some patrons wolf whistled from nearby. Eventually, my turian let my lips go and I felt my face was blood red.

"You are mine Leena" Garrus reminded me in a husky voice.

"Indeed I am" I agreed and I wrapped my arms around his neck. "Besides there's no need to get jealous babe"

This earned me a seductive chuckle from Garrus.

"My love remember your reaction when you found out about the turian chocolate from Dr. Michele?"

Damn, he had a point there.

"I need a drink when we leave" I mumbled.

Garrus chuckled and the two of us went back to our mingling.