Oh light, she loved the way he teased her. Of course, only in private. She could never imagine Shadow speaking to her like this in front of other sisters.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Enthusiasm? Light, Ilia, only an Aes Sedai can say Enthusiasm with a straight face, while in bed,"</span>His voice was intoxicating, like velvet on the skin. "Oh, stop it. " Ilia swatted at his chest playfully before snuggling closer to him, if it was possible. Her body turned at the sound of pecking on the window pane. Curious. Ilia listened to Shadow's explanation as they wrapped in their little love cocoon, her heart slowly sinking into her stomach.<br/><br/>No, Aes Sedai did not use birds to spy on each other, not that she was aware of. The only people she knew who even used birds in such a way were darkfriends. Was Luna Sedai Black Ajah?? No, not possible. The Black Ajah didn't exist...did it? Ilia's face was serene, practically unreadable. How should she go about this? Should she break the bird's neck? It couldn't report back to Luna then, but that was assuming it wasn't some poor bird that had bad luck. IF it WAS reporting to Luna and Ilia broke it's neck, Luna would know that Ilia knew of her trickery. And, if she was Black Ajah, assuming the organization existed, she could put both her own, and Shadow's life, in danger. She could play it safe and pretend to be ignorant to the whole thing, but then it would give Luna the opportunity to kill them both once they embarked on their journey.<br/><br/>Their journey! If Luna was Black Ajah, then the Sa'angreal was not something she could get her hands on! Ilia giggled and swatted Shadow's chest again. "No, silly!" She did not elaborate. With luck, perhaps Luna would believe Ilia hadn't been suspicious. Or perhaps Ilia will look an utter fool.<br/><br/>"Poor bird." Ilia cooed and crawled out from under the warm blanket. Her skin prickled in the air and she wrapped her arms around her breasts. Ilia scurried to the window and opened it for the bird to escape and, while she was at it, used a gust of air to bring Shadow's trousers back. "You'll need these tomorrow!" Ilia was unsure what else Luna might be using to spy on her, if she was at all. So, Ilia would be the vapid, lovestruck little girl playing at Aes Sedai that she suspected Luna thought she was.<br/><br/>Ilia tiptoed back to bed and embraced the source. She crawled under the covers and strandled him one more time. A dome against eavesdropping, just big enough to fit the two covered them and Ilia leaned down, as if to kiss Shadow.<br/><br/>"From my understanding," She spoke against his lips. "Only darkfriends use birds as a form of spying."Her hands went to his hair, she entangled her finger in the thick locks. "Play along! I don't know if she's using other means as well." Ilia moved to his neck, still speaking. "I can not say for sure she is a darkfriend, but if she is, we can not let her get her hands on that Sa'angreal."<br/><br/>Oh light, Ilia prayed to the creator she was wrong. She didn't want to get Shadow tangled up in this mess. Should she inform the Amerlyn??