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trousers were off, the man
was both attractive, and the Count. It made a difference in how people were
allowed to respond.
    "I'd love
that-"
    Marvin shook
his head, but made his face look happy enough. That he wasn't feeling it was
clear to his wife, if not the slightly upset Riven.
    "Except
that I have another appointment in a few moments, and will have to beg your
leave, I fear. Perhaps some other time? I'm certain that Maria will be able to
service you well enough that way for now? She has a marvelous collection of
toys. Some of them will be well suited for you, no doubt?"
    That was true,
and she smiled herself, thinking about it. After all, she really did have a wonderful collection of such things, and while she used them regularly,
it was actually a bit rare that someone as known to her as Riven would allow
her to use them all on him.
    Because she had
too many for one person to really stand that kind of treatment. She winked at
him, which got a soft smile in return, even if he was a bit scared that Marvin
was about to order him functionally ruined. Too big a tool used on their hind
end would do that to a person, after all.
    Luckily for the
Baron, her husband was a kind man. One of the best in the entire land.
Possibly any land.
    She stood, her
blue gown a bit confining around the legs. It had ten under layers, making the
bottom of it push out alluringly. If it had been real the whole thing would
have been too much of a difficulty for her on a warm summer day. It was
however, made of magic. It felt real, and could be reshaped with a thought, but
the whole thing didn't really exist, for all that. It always left her feeling a
bit naughty, when she considered it. No one else saw it, but it was like she
was going to very serious and formal meetings naked. Under her clothing. With a
single thought that could be made to happen too.
    Or she
could shift the seeming, solid and real as it looked and felt, into any costume
she could imagine. Maria smiled a bit, pretending that it was all for her old
friend, Riven. Not that she was that interested in the idea of fucking
him at the moment.
    The man had
gotten several of his own people killed, by starving them to death slowly. Just
to make a profit off of them that he shouldn't have even considered trying for.
There were men and women all over the Kingdom that were well known for their
cruelty toward their own people that had given the food and aid from Harmony
out freely. That this man hadn't...
    Well, she just
hoped that the rebellion was about over, so she could cut him off from her bed
chamber. He wasn't foul or unpleasant that way, but this had created a rift
between them that she really wasn't able to clearly express to him in the
moment. Worse, in a few minutes she'd probably have to service the man, to make
him feel better about the whole thing. Otherwise he might think that withholding
the information he had would be a good idea. To try and punish her for scolding
him like she had.
    She did her
best to give him a look that promised a lot more than just a few kisses, even
as her Count scowled at the man, still being very close to simply killing him. Too close. It was a part of being a noble, dealing with the combat rage of others
at times, but the state of murderous rage and the physical and mental powers
that came with it could certainly make a mess of things, if not handled
correctly.
    In the moment
that meant leaving her husband alone, to seek some quiet place, undisturbed.
That he was willing to do that when the need arose was another sign of how good
a man he was. Many just did whatever they felt like, if they had enough power.
    "Very well,
Baron Klepter, would you perhaps come with me then?" She moved fluidly,
using all the grace she could muster, and took him very gently by the arm as
she removed him from the marble chamber. The rest of the villa was done in warm
colors, and had lovely polished surfaces everywhere one looked. This meeting
place was stark by comparison. A