After all was said and done, the dinner meeting went on surprisingly well. Except for the initial bickering-slash-comedy show that was her brother and her mate duking it out for a date for her Ritual of Marking, everything else fell into place rather quickly. Before she knew it, only the finer details had to be hashed out in regards to the Ritual of Marking she was about to undergo in a few weeks.
"I'm so glad that I'm finally off that table," Aurelia sighed as she nursed a cup of tea in one hand. "The embarrassment was going to kill me."
"I can understand that. Even I can feel it in my bones," Freya weakly chuckled in commiseration, her own cup daintily sitting on the plate she was holding. "Really, he's a good man, but he can be overbearing at times."
