will curse us with seven years of bad luck. And in this hell, that would probably be fatal."
I forced a laugh too, biting into my bottom lip as I turned my eyes away from the bronzed perfection of his chest and thought about what we needed to do to make that happen.
"I'm going to need a guard in my pocket," I said slowly as the rest of the plan came to me. “We need Plunger to have access to his Order gifts to be able to tunnel. That means I've gotta get hold of some of the shots the guards give themselves before their shifts start. Each one grants twenty-four hours of immunity so we can probably get away with grabbing three or four of them and then splitting the doses down to give an hour at a time. That way we can still control Plunger and make sure he's doing as we say. I'll just have to get up to the antidote dispenser in the guards' quarters..."
"Maybe I should be the one to carry out any thefts that need to take place," Roary suggested with a smirk and I shrugged.
"Maybe. But either way we need that guard on side, which means I'm going to have to up my efforts. I have Hastings half way Bedazzled anyway so he's the obvious choice. Plus with Cain avoiding me, he's practically my CO so I should be able to convince him to agree to getting me assigned to the library job too."
"Are you sure?" Roary asked. "You're a beautiful girl, Rosa, and I can't deny that you draw people to you like moths to a flame, but Bedazzling a guard into helping you out that much seems pretty extreme..."
"Oh please," I said, rolling my eyes at him like I was offended. "I could Bedazzle you if the notion took me. My little choir boy is easy prey."
"Come on, Rosa, I think we both know that you can't rival my Charisma with your fluttering eyelashes and cherry pie smiles."
"Poor, sad, Roary, Bedazzling is so much better than Charisma for a job like this. If you unleashed that shit on him, he'd be off telling everyone and anyone how great you are and how much he wants to suck your dick just to make you smile. Bedazzling doesn't work like that. It's a subtle kind of manipulation that takes a lot of time and effort."
"Sounds a lot like Charisma to me," he muttered.
"Okay, well think of it like Charisma offers out insta-love to anyone who gets a taste of it. The moment they get pulled into your web, they'll be yours to toy with. But whenever you release them from it, they will pretty much go back to how they were without you. Bedazzlement is more like a love story playing out slowly. It feels natural and there's no exchanges or any expectations involved. The mark genuinely likes me which I could obviously encourage with a magical exchange if I was doing it properly, but as that isn’t an option in here I’m just getting him to like me the good old fashioned way. It’s not forced, just a slow and steady build into them doing things to please me because they actually want to because my happiness makes them happy too. I don’t have to give them anything or do anything to maintain it other than be my natural, charming, sweet self."
"So you just flash your tits until he's panting for you so much that he'll do anything to get a shot at some time between your thighs? Besides, I’m pretty sure you’re not actually Bedazzling him if you aren’t using magic so all you’re actually doing is flirting with him," Roary baited.
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. Doing it without magic just means I’m even better at it. You don't get it because you're as subtle as a pig in a tutu. Point is, Hastings is already falling for my charms which means I'll be assigned to the library before you even wake up from your afternoon nap."
"Good luck with that, pup," he teased just as the bell sounding the end of our session in the Magic Compound rang out to let us know we needed to get our asses out of here.
"I don't need luck. I'm Rosalie Oscura," I taunted before turning away from him and strolling out of the trees.
I stopped at the edge of my tiny woodland and pouted as I looked up at the perfectly sculpted magical haven I'd