Victoria could practically feel the attraction between the two men.  What no mere mortal would have noticed she could smell on their skin, practically able to reach out and touch the tension between them.  Fortunately she was more amused than anything, at least for the moment.  Of course her amusement had a way of getting a little more… volatile on occasion, but that had little effect on her.  If they amused her for the moment then she would allow Anthony to stay and see what would happen, hopefully he wouldn’t be as tiring as the last pair of brethren to show up in her city unannounced.<br/><br/>They had been amusing in the end at least.<br/><br/>There was an art to carrying on two conversations at once.  The ability to split off parts of yourself and be two different people at the same time was rare, but she’d had centuries to practice, and so to Alex she was the eccentric and wealthy client and to Anthony she was one of the most dangerous creatures he was ever likely to meet.<br/><br/>She laughed lightly, the sound drawing attention as it seemed to caress down the spine of anyone hearing it, leaving chill bumps in its wake, only Anthony aware of the fact that her amusement was not truly directed towards Alex’s whispered words.  “You’re right sweet boy, he does seem rather perfect.  Too bad you are not interested in him, he’d make a fine nightcap,” she smiled suggestively, casually slipping the thought deeper into his subconscious without him ever knowing.<br/><br/>Anthony got flashes of her emotions, only things that slipped through into the surface of his mind.  Whether it was carelessness on her part or part of a deeper game he couldn’t tell.  He could feel her amusement like a caress against his mind, her territorial instincts coloring it with caution and a touch of cruelty that for the moment at least she seemed to have in control.<br/><br/>She practically purred in his mind, her amused laugh much deeper and richer to his inner ear.<em>I do not consider you a threat Anthony, the mere thought is rather… preposterous at the moment don’t you think?</em>she let the barb lay their between them for a moment as she kissed Alex’s cheek, leaving a faint smudge of lipstick behind.<br/><br/>Turning her attention fully towards Anthony for a moment she smiled, a slow curling of her lips that was all predator.  “I was telling Alex here that he should take advantage of so charming a companion, it would be a shame to let you go to waste…”<br/><br/><em>Play your game young one and take your Bridge if you are powerful enough to claim him.  However know that if you take what’s mine, and make no mistake that Alex is mine, you will be beholden to me.  I think you might like it here in Toronto… but you’ll have to work your way into my favor to stay…</em><br/>