TOG Truth or Dare

Part 8

About ten minutes later, Aelin returned with a large pot of obsidian ink and some needles.

"Rowan you can go first," she said, handing him everything.

Are you sure?

Yes, I never decline a dare.

Are you really though?

Yes! To settle you, I will have you know that I am not wearing any undergarments right now. Now stop worrying you Buzzard!

Everyone stared at Rowan as his glass of wine fell from his hand and smashed to pieces. Aelin had a fit of hysterical laughter.

"At least you didn't react like that infront of Arobynn!" She managed to get out through her laughing. Everyone looked around confused, except Rowan who blushed a little. "Don't worry about it!" She said, dismissing everyone's glares.

She crouched down to help clean up and gave him a peck on the cheek.

Once everything was clean, Rowan decided to place his tattoo on the inside of Aelin's left forearm.

Everyone had their own mini conversations whilst Rowan worked, Aelin resisting the urge to look and see Rowan's masterpiece.

"Done," that one word silenced the whole room.

Everyone crowded around Aelin, she decided she wanted t0 be the last to see it.

Aedion high-fived Rowan, Yrene smiled wearily, unsure what to think. Lysandra covered her face with her hands, Manon had a wicked grin plastered on her face and Dorian and Chaol gave Rowan bro hugs.

"It's official! No one will ever touch Aelin again!" Dorian exclaimed.

"What?" Was Aelin's only response as she looked at her newly inked forearm.

There, written beautifully as a matter of fact was, 'PROPERTY OF ROWAN WHITETHORN GALATHYNIUS. HANDS OFF!'

Aelin's eyes widened.

Are you serious?

You said that you never decline a dare.

She gave him a look that said either, 'I will kill you' or 'I will kill you'.

"Who's next?" Aelin asked impatiently.

"I'll go," Manon said standing up.

After a very long time of tattooing, Manon's design was finally done. She had chosen to place it slightly above Aelin's collar bone, where a necklace would sit and where Baba Yellowlegs' circle of scars used to be.

Aelin looked into the mirror and took her time staring into her reflection trying to read the sentence permanently written on her neck backwards. After a while struggling, the Queen of Terrasen managed to make out her new tattoo.
'FIRE BREATHING BITCH QUEEN' was written beautifully on display for all to see.

"Thank you, very much, for my new tattoo Manon, it almost lives up to my old scar," the Queen of Terrasen said to the Crochan Queen.

Manon replied with a sickly sweet smile and bowed her head ever so slightly.

"Anyone else have a tattoo for me?" Aelin asked waving her hands and beckoning them up.

"I have one!" Dorian said excitedly.

"Of course your Majesty," Aelin replied, they all loved using their fancy new titles, especially when they were doing things no Queen or King should be doing.

Rowan was doing all the tattoos, since he was the most experienced and the only one Aelin trusted enough to do them - she wouldn't take the dare as far as to let Aedion near her with ink and a needle.

Dorian was very proud of the results of his tattoo. On Aelin's ankle there was a large red heart with a banner across it, stating: 'Book Buddy 4 Eva!'

"This," Aelin began, "is something I like, this is true art," she finished admiring it. She really didn't mind this tattoo, she actually kinda liked it.

Then Lysandra decided to tattoo Aelin's wrist, now it was marked with a barcode and a caption of: 'PRICELESS' written underneath. Aelin repaid Lysandra with a wink.

There were only three people left: Yrene, Chaol and Aedion.

Aelin was now thoroughly and visibly marked with a lot of ink.
"I can't believe you let us do this," Aedion stated, everyone agreed, nerve really thinking that Aelin would actually let them choose tattoos for her.

"Well what's done is done, anyway they aren't that bad," Aelin responded confidently although slightly regretting her choice.

"Don't talk too soon, you haven't seen my tattoo yet," Aedion countered with an evil grin, earning him a slap on the shoulder from Lysandra. He playfully shoved her back.

"I want to go last actually, save the best, make it a bigger surprise, one we will all remember for the rest of our lives!" Aedion added.

"Fine, let him live out his dramatics," Aelin, clearly tired and close to punching Aedion suggested: "Yrene? Lady's first,"

Ok," Yrene answered with a sweet smile.