Meryn nodded. "After my coffee though," she eyed her.
Izzy couldn't help but laugh. "Of course."
Serenity coughed into her balled up fist. "Limits, Meryn."
Meryn turned back to Ryuu and held up her hand. He walked behind her and gently took her wrist between his thumb and forefinger as if he were taking her pulse. "Do you have a tattoo?" Izzy asked, eyeing the blue dragon.
Meryn bobbed her head. "It's Ryuu's turkey popper for me."
Ryuu released her wrist. "Have milk instead of tea, then you can have coffee later for exploring."
Meryn nodded and held out her cup. Ryuu walked over to the serving cart and retrieved the glass carafe of milk.
Izzy turned to Oron. "Turkey popper?"
The queen also looked bewildered. "Yes, please explain."
Oron pointed to Ryuu. "Ryuu gave Meryn that tattoo. From my understanding, it helps him gauge her emotions and tracks her health."
The queen became thoughtful. "I do not believe I would like that." She looked back at her own squire. "Though I've never had to worry about it, Cord is practically a mind reader, he's always anticipating me."
Meryn shrugged. "I have the emotional IQ of a termite, so it was kinda needed to keep me fed and alive."
Ryuu exhaled. "You have no idea."
Cord clapped him on the back. "She's glowing, and that babe looks to be thriving, so I would say you're doing a fine job."
Ryuu's cheeks tinted slightly. "She's really not that much trouble."
Meryn nodded again. "Especially now that I'm wearing Dani all the time, he doesn't even have to remind me to change clothes anymore."
Vivian giggled behind her napkin. "I have so missed you in Lycaonia."
Meryn grinned evilly. "How's Bow-wow Bowers?"
Vivian, who had just taken a sip of tea sputtered in her cup causing tea to splash up on her nos
e. Celyn chuckled as his mate wiped at her face with a napkin. "Meryn! You can't do that to me while I'm drinking."
Meryn shrugged. "So, did she get over the whole vaginoplasty thing?"
The queen gasped. "That was you?" she demanded.
"I neither confirm nor deny those allegations."
Even Law looked shocked. "That column has to be one of the best-kept secrets in our world, how on earth did you influence it?"
Meryn wiggled her fingers at him. "Maaagggiiccc."
Izzy leaned forward. "What did you allegedly do?" she asked, dying to know.
Meryn gave a recap of what happened in something she called the Sewing Circle from Hell a few months ago. Izzy held up her hand. "They have a column called 'Dear Gentle Reader', like something from a Regency novel?"
Amelia smiled. "Yes, and if Meryn did what Daphne is accusing her of, then it was an ingenious power play, and it effectively shut down Daphne's barrage of hateful gossip."
Meryn poked her big sister-cousin in the arm. "Says the woman who nearly choked Daphne out."
Darian's eyes widened. "That's what happened! You said you may have to go to tribunal for an attack on a matriarch, but you never said you choked her out."