The walk from the ballroom to whichever guest room they were in had actually done wonders for Tig's temper, she no longer wanted to commit an actual murder but she still wanted to manhandle Ellory a little, both to make her feel better and to intimidate her.

That Ellory thought she'd dragged her off for a little private duel took her aback though. That explained why she hadn't resisted but did she really think Tig wanted to settle things with a 'proper' duel? It was almost laughable. "Who said anything about a duel?" Tig's eyes moved to Ellory's wand. Her hand moved to the pocket of her dress where her own wand was. "Put your wand away!"

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