Applying for a transfer hadn't worked. Jaya hated Amber and yet didn't want to let her go. It didn't make any sense at all. For the last six months she'd just got easy jobs the newbies could have done, even if they didn't have any experience. She'd thought far more seriously than she’d believed possible about retraining as a scout, but it didn't have the same appeal. All she'd ever wanted to be was a thief. That was what her father had been. Her mother didn't want her to follow in her father's footsteps, because he had died during one raid. They'd last seen each other the day Amber started training to be a thief. Sighing, she left her room, knowing she couldn't put it off any longer. When she got to the jobs board no one else was there. There was less embarrassment if she was alone, even though she knew everyone already knew what job she had. At first she avoided looking at her name. Instead she checked on what jobs the newbies had. She couldn't help worrying about Kenner when she saw that the new girl had been assigned a job that only an experienced thief should have, a thief like Amber. Finally she looked at her name.



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Collection: The Fae World, Status: Complete, Word Count - 5000+

Written for forgottenspirits's prompt on Samhain in the 'astral'.

Amber stared at Christophe. He shrugged and held the dress out to her. With an eyebrow raised, she poked it with one finger, wondering why he had done something so out of character. Sighing, he put it down on the bed.

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