Sleeping With The Devil (sequel to Two Faced Love)

Part 13

"One, how are we going to get out of here? Two, how the hell are you not going to get recognized? Because I know as sure as hell that I won't be?" you asked behind the changing screen as you heard Eric laughing.

"Good choice of words there y/n. But to answer your question, that's why I'm dressing you down. Less looking like royalty the less questions people will ask. And it doesn't matter if someone will recognize me," he said as he threw something over the changing screen as you were taking your dress off.

You pulled the clothing down and saw the pants and a flowy tunic top. It had been something that you had wanted to wear since you got here. But you had come to terms of dressing in dresses occasionally, and became comfortable with them that you had forgotten that you had requested pants the first chance that you got.

"This is dressing down to you?" you asked as you poked your head from around the changing screen and saw Eric lounging on the bed.

"Technically, for your status it is. You'll blend in more with everyone else. Means less attention on you so people don't get too close to sense you aren't fully demon," Eric said as he looked over at you.

"Wait, you can smell–"

"Yep, definitely. We all can tell. But then again your sent is all over the place here now. It's just a precaution," Eric said as you went back behind the changing screen and put on the pants and put the tunic shirt on. ANd stepped out looking down at yourself.

"I guess this is dressing down, in comparison to what I was wearing before," you said, looking up and seeing that Eric wasn't on the bed anymore but behind you. Which made you flinch.

"Sorry, it's a natural habit moving that quickly," he said as he took your hair in his hands and braided it in almost a second before you felt it fall against your neck and then he handed you a hooded cape. You looked down at it questioningly.

"It's to help hide your scent. It's why I braided your hair," he answered simply as you took it and put it on.

You were going to put on your shoes when there was a knock on the door and the maid, Maria walked in and her eyes immediately went to you. Or more so what you were wearing.

"I knew you wanted to wear pants, but that?" she questioned in a way that made you raise your eyebrow at that.

"Well, she wanted to get out here, have to disguise her a bit," Eric said as if getting you out of the palace wouldn't be that big of a deal.

"Wait, you two are leaving the palace? Without an esc–" she started to say as Eric came up and put his hand over her mouth.

"Don't talk about escorts, guards have ears you know. And then that would mean that you wouldn't get a chance to come with" Eric whispered as he grinned at Maria widely as he looked at her.

And he took his hand off her mouth, revealing a huge smile on her face.

"Oh I've been wanting to explore. I'll just go and change into something else and I'll be back," she said, almost jumping up and down in excitement as she ran out of the room. And Eric spun on his heel with his hands raised in the air.

"Eh, what's one more? Plus she was giddy as hell to come along. Been always yammering on and on about exploring the towns around us for centuries. So why not now?" he replied as you narrowed your eyes at him and smiled.

"Yeah that's it," you said as you saw the smile on his face fall.

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, nothing I just think I saw a glimpse of what you two see with me and Paul. That's all," you said as you sat down on the bed to put on your shoes.