User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-25808351-20180124030225/@comment-28358106-20180124211830

Lucida claps three hands over her mouth as Aegis leaps through the window into the room. "No kidding??  For reals?" Before anyone can stop her, she's out the door and creeping down the hallway, until she edges close to the stairs. With more ability than she would be given credit for, she lightly hops the rail and lands on the rug with hardly a sound. She  creeps to the edge kf the parlor door and slowly peeks around the corner.

She's back in the room in mere seconds.

"OH my gods oh my GODS oh MY gods!!" Aegis bolts into the room and claps her wings to either side of her face. "Lucida, he's almost as old as DAD!" She can hardly contain her glee.

"Aegis Ibrahim, you don't say a word about it, either!" Aurum pivots and thrusts her finger in Aegis's face. "This is Lucida's chance and you're not going to muck it up for her!"

"What's it worth to you?" Aegis grins sadistically.

"Me not telling Mother and Father that you're breaking your grounding." Aurum glares.

"Ehh, happens all the time." Aegis shrugs.

"And me not telling them what you did with Arlo last All Hallow's Festival."

Aegis' smile disappears. "You wouldn't dare."

"Do you really want to find out?" Aurum's gaze is colder than steel.

"Aurum, for crying out loud help me find something to wear!" Lucida says, rummaging through her closet, discarded clothing forming a pile on top of her bed as she flings unwanted choices over her shoulder.

"Here we are, sir," Regina says cheerfully as she brings in the tea tray. She sets it on the coffee table and begins preparing cups for everyone.

"So if you don't mind my asking, what does the son of a Duke do in his spare time?  I imagine that diplomacy is left to others in your father's court." She makes cordial conversation, buying Lucida some time.