02-08-2015, 03:37 PM
Valentina tapped her chin. "There is one other one on the floor right now ..." She waved the soft eared man to follow her, and set off through a maze of stacked books, towering above her head. Haphazardly, objects, jewels, ribbons, were strewn throughout the mess.
When they stepped out, it was almost like walking into another store. Here was elegance. Here was ethereality. Valentina weaved through chairs, tables, beds, and sank down in front of a pale chest, leather bound and edged with bronze. The rounded top was decorated with carvings of flowers and faeries, and the front as well.
"This one could work." She pressed her fingers to the front, and slid a few drawers out. They were invisible, the handles and grooves hidden by the carvings, the flowers and vines.
On the inside, she revealed a hidden bottom, a much safer way to transport anything then in the top of a chest. Valentina glanced at the customer, opened her mouth, then closed it.
"I know what you are." Why would she say that?
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