"THE BOOK OF NOBLES certainly downplay your true worth." Rafel fingered the diamond surface of the longtable with one hand as he dropped down his chopsticks with the other.
His plate was scraped.
A wonderful three-course dinner, including a bloodfeed, now rested warmly in his belly. He said to the company of monarchal bloods, "thank you, House Romanov. Your visages tonight are even more appealing than the risotto."
"Apparently, so is your diction, Your Eminence." Yukima just as flirtatiously let the words roll out of her mouth, like a very sunny popsicle. Ursula smiled after another round of gracious chuckles hit the dinner table; the Legata was more than happy that her first daughter and the Queen's own Emissary were getting along, not forgetting the other heroic feats the ruddy young devil had amassed. He had fought in two great wars now, and she wasn't even sure he was twenty.