She opted not to shower. Lane had done so before, an she would rather get things going instead of drawing it out. Brushing her teeth, she thought about how strange all of this was, barely two weeks ago she was a sleepy shop owner, and now she was in some kind of battle between her boyfriend and his past. All of these women he had been with and shared with...It seemed that his love life or something like that was the root of so much of his trouble now.<br/><br/>The cup of coffee was welcome, she had not been sleeping well since they broke up and last night was not particularly better. The stress of the situation had pulled at her unconscious mind. She drank the coffee black, which she did not commonly do, but it felt right in this instance. She wanted to be alert and ready for this meeting. That servant of Fiora had wanted her grimoire, there had to be a reason for that, a reason why they wanted the book. Lane got the sense that might even pre-date Adella, there were generations of spells in the text.<br/><br/><i>I love you.</i><br/><br/>The words fell from his lips like he knew they might be the last time he got to say them to her. Lane wanted to believe him, she really did. There was no question he meant the words, but she got the sense that he still was not precious with the things he loved. And maybe he was right, maybe Fiora would accept this deal and they would face whatever she wanted in turn. Lane knew that the fairies were not kind or merciful in their dealings.<br/><br/>"I'll be fine, James. Stay focused. I love you too." She offered in response. Following him out to the car, once she was in the passenger's seat, she closed her eyes and focused for a moment, coaxing a small part of her power to the surface. Lane pushed it back down, she had no idea what kind of supernatural senses the fairies had, but she wanted to be ready if things started to go south. Nora had always told her it was better to appear weak and unsure at first, especially if you want your opponent to underestimate you. Lane was used to the latter part, but now it was time to show that she could pull on the strength of what she was whenever she wanted to.<br/><br/>When they got to the restaurant, she let James take the lead. It was him that Fiora seemed to want, so they might as well dangle that temptation outright.