Recent content by Aurra Brylee

Aurra took another sip of her drink, then set the mug aside with a quiet clink. “Enough to know when one’s worth the trouble,” she said, glancing toward the corner again. As if on cue, the robed man rose from his seat, leaving behind two men who looked equal parts relieved and confused. He...

Aurra dipped her head in a small nod, eyes still roaming the room. “I did,” she murmured back. Her gaze fixed on the corner table where the grey-bearded man sat. Gideon was exactly as she remembered him: robes patched in places with mismatched fabric, satchel overflowing and spectacles...

Aurra only shook her head, a soft laugh escaping before she could stop it. “That right there,” she said lightly, “is exactly why I said it. Maybe sometimes I won't want you to behave." She smiled to herself and turned towards the door. She didn't want to tease too much, she had already...

Aurra laughed softly, the sound carried off by the evening breeze. “A frost dragon? Nuir. I can barely keep you out of trouble with your feet on the ground - what would I do if you were dangling off a dragon somewhere above the Spine?” She gave him a sidelong glance, the amusement lingering in...

Aurra’s smile deepened at his flustered tone, though she was careful not to let it turn into a grin. “You hide it well, then,” she said, glancing sidelong at him as they walked. “Most folk I’ve seen from the ground tend to gape with their mouths open when they see one for the first time. You...

"We might!" she declared boldly, stepping with a light bounce. The streets of Oban were alive with the rhythm of evening - traders calling out the last of their wares, guards changing watch, the faint toll of a bell somewhere high in the citadel. Aurra moved through it all with the easy grace...

"Oban!" Aurra turned around with he city walls behind her. She spread out her arms and looked at Nuir "Land of pretty castles, gryphon riders and - perhaps for us - fame and fortune." She was feeling quite optimistic. Her Elbion job had gone well and she had been well paid. No one hand...

Aurra felt suddenly more bare as he locked and blue eyes onto hers. She couldn't know what he was thinking but she felt a slightly flutter low in her belly. "Alright then," she softly echoed back. He was so innocent. Even as a thief, she would feel a pang of guilt at stealing some of that...

"Oh. I see. I suppose those two things kind of explain one another don't they?" she tried to keep her tone light because of how nervous he seemed. He hadn't rejected her. That was good. For all her confidence, she would have found that slightly painful. "Well I can be gentle. Gentle-ish," she...

Aurra looked down at Nuir. She was chewing on the corner of her bottom lip. Their imagination had gone in two very different directions. She took a breath. He was going to get the point if she danced around the issue, but she didn't want to send him fleeing and overwhelmed. "Nothing is the...

"I think I'm going to leave that well alone," Aurra agreed. She didn't know if the puzzle box was the protection or the magical item. She was well read and had heard of such a variety of mystical inventions that it could have been many things. She turned towards Nuir and took a step closer. It...

"I was thinking on to Oban," she said. "You're welcome to join me to the portal stone. Or to Oban," she replied. Turning off the alley after a few turns they were on a wider street. Horses would clearly walk carts up and down the street in the day. She stopped under the swinging sign of an...

"I think it's magical and dangerous. I think they probably stole it from the college. Risky business. Better to have it back in sensible hands." Better to have a slightly heavier coin purse, she thought to herself. "We'll check it over where I'm staying. Then I'll drop it off in the morning...

"Oh I take what I want," she said, glancing over her shoulder. It had only been a few seconds and she teased him with a look that went up and down. "Except when it's too drunk...But this was a job." She turned her head forwards and picked up the pace. They left the alley and were heading...

Aurra watched Nuir closely. The corner of her dark lips twitched into a smile. She swung her hips to her left and placed her hand there. "Just a bit of excitement?" Aurra decided that it would have been cruel to tease him any more right now. He was very sweet and she was worried that if she...