The warm arms wrapped around Tehr and hugged him close when he stepped up to embrace her, though whispering to her ear when he began to speak.<strong><em>"You can drop the Queen here, when it is just us... unless you want to keep using it, but I might play around to give you an order or two at some point if you do..."</em></strong>There was a small smirk on her lips, a look of amusement apparent as she kissed him back after the tender kiss he had given her, answering it happily without rushing.<br/><br/><em><strong>"We both have our duties that keep us busy, but do tell..."</strong></em>She trailed off in a tone that was almost purring, amused as she pressed her chest lightly against his chest while he began to speak, only to step a bit back after a moment to better focus on the story he had to tell. Her expression went from curious to quite surprised and then thoughtful as he spoke about the acorns and what had taken place, as well as the talk about the mother dryad. She did smile again when he added his comment about missing each other, a chuckle escaping her lips.<br/><br/><strong><em>"Oh I've kept busy, but it has been most dreadfully boring most of the time. The cult that was said to have rooted itself in the Kingdom has been mostly sought out by the Spymaster because the people are happy with trade and other things blossoming, and feeling a tad more hopeful. The cultists did manage to draw in some malcontents but hardly in the amounts they must have been hoping for. The result is that there's a fair number of 'forbidden lore' now being checked by the archmage though he is of the opinion that he is going to have to retire soon from some of the harm he has suffered from the books."</em></strong>She winced a hint.<em><strong>"Truth is, there was a sudden death at one point, but a priest who was a former adventure from the church was called in a hurry and with the sacrifice of one of the gemstones from the treasury the archmage was brought back to life. Though the experience certainly seemed to leave him reluctant to continue, and I can understand that."</strong></em>She sighed a bit sadly.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Though I did consider the possibility of asking you to help the crown in an official position... though I am not sure if youw ant to take the role of an Archmage in person, but I certainly admit being fond of you and having you around more often would be most welcome. Though I also find myself amused to hear what adventures you come across in your own time. Perhaps it would be possible for me to join you to meet this Mother Dryad sometime? At the very least I would like to see the dryad at the Hewthorne Hall, though I do wonder if my guard would be willing to let me slip out under a cloak and hood with just one or two guards or if they'd insist on a larger gathering to protect me."</strong></em>She let out a breath but stepped up to rest her hands on Tehr's chest, before kissing his lips in a soft and gentle manner, before kissing his lips again wrapping her lips around his lower lip for a moment sucking on it lightly and smiling.<em><strong>"And I did miss you, terribly, but you're here now."</strong></em>She grinned a bit at this.<br/><br/><em><strong>"So, now that we are done with more official as well as unofficial business, how about we deal with more personal matters together?"</strong></em>Elisabeth's words were accompanied with leaning against him a little closer while moving her arms up his chest to slip them over his shoulders and smirking while gazing into his eyes.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Took way longer than I expected to take, because I let myself slip from the scheduled posting while feeling ill and uninspired. Leaving it up to you if you want to do a back and forth erotic scene at this point in the story possibly in shorter posts a bit more often, or if you would prefer we advance again to the morning if you aren't feeling up to more naughty games.</div></div>