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[center][h1][color=82ca9d]Nyx Heir the Wanderer[/color][/h1]
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[h3]Hathforth Castle, Throne Room, The Hearthfire Gala[/h3]
[sub][b][color=82ca9d]Skills:[/color][/b] Shift
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The duke’s face gives the Wizard Queen a charming smile, but inside Nyx struggles to keep this facade up. She’s so close to the queen, so close to being able to avenge Bertram in one quick move. [i]“Don’t get greedy.[/i] The real duke’s voice sounds in her head as a reminder. The woman who killed her one love gestures to someone behind Nyx and the fey fights to keep a straight face when the queen mentions ‘settling her accounts’. 

[color=82ca9d][i]Oh good, he really sent me into a lion’s den this time.[/i][/color] She gives another perfect bow to the queen. [color=82ca9d]“Your Majesty.”[/color] Nyx says, giving her hand another kiss before following Lady Safina. The other woman doesn’t speak as she leads ‘the duke’ through the halls away from the gala and into a small office. 

When the lady bids him to sit, Nyx smiles and tilts her head in a way that catches the light’s reflection - something the real duke was fond of doing to appear less than pleasant. [color=82ca9d]“I would rather stand.”[/color] Nyx says simply as she watches Lady Safina pull out a ledger. She lets the woman talk, feeling her frustration for the duke and his games grow, but the smile doesn’t leave her face. 

[color=82ca9d]“[i]Crystal[/i] clear, my lady.”[/color] She says in response. [color=82ca9d]“I am certain we will arrive at an agreement over this soon. Now, if I may, I do believe I caught Duchess Agustria entering the gala and I would be quite bereft if we were to miss each other.”[/color] Nyx nods her head before exiting the office, offering silent prayers to the gods that Lady Safina does not follow her.