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[Color=gold][b]Time:[/b][/color] Late Morning
[Color=gold][b]Location:[/b][/color] Castle Gardens
[Color=gold][b]Attire:[/b][/color] [url=https://i.imgur.com/RQ93j9B.jpg]Alexander[/url] and [url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1032834210609774692/1122004955289628744/0fa24fc30e829f9b2d9d3451bb96b13a.png]Lianna[/url]
[Color=gold][b]Interaction:[/b][/color] [@Tae] Mina [@Helo] Callum
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[Color=gold]“Enjoy yours as well, prince. The Black Rose will maintain contact for anything you might need,”[/color] Alexander smiled. He was quite pleased with the auction's development concerning the bachelor's. It would give some lords a chance to place their daughters into the paths of eligible potentials at the cost of coin rather than making the best of a long game of garnering good impressions. 

Mina agreeing to host alongside him was a pleasant addition to the project they were pursuing. To be closer to her was a personal matter and though he did not foresee himself having trouble doing so, the auction was a sure way to solidify that. He was being reeled in without much effort, getting closer and closer to the bow of her vessel. All he needed was for her to pull him in…

[Color=gold][I]A delight.[/I][/color]


With the planning of the auction secured, he shifted his attention back to Mina, looking upon her with his winning smile. However, it was short-lived as he noticed panic surface over her expression. He placed a hand on her upper arm and turned towards her field of vision as she spoke of seeing someone she recognized. His face contorted into a scowl as he became defensive for Mina. Even as she changed the topic, his eyes scanned the crowd.

[Color=gold]“Yes,”[/color] he replied though he wasn't entirely listening to what Mina was saying about the auction. [Color=gold][I]Nothing.[/I][/color] Whoever had startled Mina had mysteriously vanished or made their presence less than obvious. Returning his sights to the woman in his grasp, Alexander couldn't help but look slightly concerned. He wore a smile of course, but his brows had a slight furrowing.

[Color=gold]“Mina, I am…”[/color] He took a step closer to her, his hand sliding down to her wrist. With his voice now a whisper, he continued. [Color=gold]“...not a man who gambles things I find extraordinarily precious.”[/color] He could feel her radial pulse beat so fervently from his touch. [Color=gold]“I'm far more concerned with how you're doing. Something troubling you? Are you comfortable, Mina?”[/color] He asked, his voice as gentle as the strum of the harp across the garden. [Color=gold]“If you like, we could schedule something. Just you and I. No distractions… No discomforts.”[/color]

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