Finding a quiet place for some hanky panky turned out to be easier than the ranger assumed it would be. While there were many palace guards stationed throughout the ballroom and the hallways leading off the ballroom, they seemed wholly uninterested in couples that had the hot and heavy look that Elise currently had as Astredian led her by the hand down one of the side corridors. While the ranger would never have described herself as having heaving bosoms, she couldn’t deny that if her dress had been low cut, they may have spilled right out as she tried to keep up with the paladin’s long strides. Her heels clacked in a staccato rhythm as she was pulled a bit by the impatient guild commander. “Astredian,” Elise panted lightly, her cheeks flushed as she noticed that the guards stationed in