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Shane wrapped her cloak tighter around her as she crouched on the roof of a rival thief's home, though he had long since gone underground. She was here to pick up something he stole from one of her usual clients and return it to them. Stealing from a thief-- tricky business, but she had a good set of time yet. Her client had given her a far off deadline. She waited patiently until the light in his kitchen went out, and she crouched lower and transformed into a shadowy cat, pouncing down off the roof onto a barrel and finally onto the ground. She stayed low, trying her best to ignore the small scratching noise she heard from a mouse in one of the nearby barrels. Shay stalked low, when a slight sound nearby caught her attention. She turned quickly, hissing softly, as someone approached. It was a woman covered in a cloak. She lowered the hood to reveal silvery hair. She walked with a grace that reminded Shay of her own catlike movements-- surely it meant she was upperclass, wealthy, and probably carrying something of worth, as she was looking around to see if anyone else saw her. Easy prey.

Shane's body shivered and grew, transforming back into her human form. She smiled wryly at the woman. "Evening, ma'am." Typically Shay was sure to choose a target that was unaware, usually robbing homes, mansions, or pickpocketing. This victim however was very slight under her cloak, and Shane was sure there was no one else around. "Wow, aren't you just a moondrop on a summer night. I don't think that this is quite your part of the village."

The woman seemed gentle-natured; however, there was a heavy feeling in the pit of Shay's stomach. Shane looked around, double checking that there wasn't a trap around, then against the bad feeling, she grabbed the woman's arm and pinned her against a wall. Shay smirked. "Oh, no, I'm afraid I can't let you do that, beautiful. See, I wasn't kidding when I said this wasn't your place to be. This is MY area, and I can't help but think you have something I want. So you better find a way to pay me, one way or another, if you want to leave here as healthy as you are now," she said with a dark chuckle, looking the woman up and down, taking in the woman's curves and delicate figure, raising an approving eyebrow.

Shane's dirty thoughts were crudely disrupted as she felt a pain in her abdomen and was thrown to the ground. What? Who had... She looked up in surprise at the delicate figure before her. Who WAS this incredible woman? Her eyes glinted beautifully with the light of the fire coming from her strong yet fragile looking hands. Shay looked at her with approval, impressed by this woman standing before her. The awe in her eyes disappeared however and was quickly replaced with a nasty smirk. This woman may be stronger than expected, but she couldn't beat the agility and speed of Shane. "Listen, lady, I don't listen to anyone. But you will. I'm gonna make you my b--" her last word was cut off as her body shimmered and she transformed into her favorite fighting animal, a lioness. Power shot through her muscles, and she felt the mind of the tiger fight to take over her own. A growl began deep in her throat, and she bared her teeth, coiling her muscles to pounce. She snarled, though she was rather disappointed she'd have to hurt such a pretty little thing.

The flames hissed and jumped around her, singing her lion tail. Shay snarled and felt the panic from the animal build in her. No! The animal mind grew stronger as the need to run grew stronger, the panic filling the usually strong mind of the lioness body she held. Shane crouched, ready to pounce out of the circle of flames, but as she did, she felt the panic overwhelm her, causing her to shrink back from the circle of flames, only to find herself cornered. It took a second to regain enough control again to revert back to her human form, which was not quite so afraid of fire and able to keep her cool, but that left her only with the tools she'd taken for her job. She was left to fight this temptress with only her two daggers. Shane wielded them in a quick and precise motion, and with a flick of her wrist sent one tumbling end over end to her target's shoulder, hoping to injure the part she seemed to need most to channel her magic.

Shane's eyes widened as the beauty stalked through the flames. It was as though it didn't even affect her! Who was this-- As Alyssia spoke, Shay felt her entire body go numb. She'd attacked the queen! And worse, the queen was an absolute babe! Shay bit her lip hard to keep from spitting out words that would only make it worse. She allowed the cord and tried not to think of the queen undressing, as hard as it was. Obediently, she knew she'd follow along-- after all, it wasn't her first time being sentenced to death, although it certainly was the first time the queen did the sentencing, and she surely had never met her before.