<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi hesitated before kissing him back, blushing. He could feel eyes on them and it made him a little uncomfortable. But he knew that if lucien caught anyone being judgemental he’d be the first to defend him. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">“My sister is nothing if not driven and determined, even if it means working herself to exhaustion.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> which was why he took particular offence when the Elven woman had called her lazy and slothful. Unwilling to work.  But the conversation took a turn back to the party, and…. People. Ordenel wanted to show them off to people. Any hopes of being able to hide behind Lucian the entire night were quickly dashed.</span>