Shadow finally let Kaetaria take the lead again as they walked past all the different Fae in search of Matthias and the other girls. Kaetaria was keen on pointing out different species of Fae that they passed by and tried to get them to stop and meet some of them, but Shadow and his ladies weren't having any of that.
Shadow knew she was only trying to keep the peace and do her job as a guide, so he simply kept thanking her for pointing out the different species, but they weren't interested in meeting any other Fae at that time. His ladies were impressed with his diplomatic tone, whispering among themselves that they'd just tell Kaetaria to "fuck off" if it was them.
After walking for a little while, the humans decided they needed to stop and rest. They had come to one of the outer walls of the gathering hall and there were benches lined up for seating convenience.
All five of them sat down on a bench, and Shadow looked around at their surroundings while they rested. He had no idea where Matthias and the others were, and he didn't spot them while looking around. He asked Kaetaria if she could call to him or find him with a spell, but she deemed it inappropriate to shout throughout the room when it wasn't an emergency. Also, a spell wasn't needed either, they would find them soon enough.
Shadow tried to argue, but Kaetaria promised if they didn't find the wizard and the ladies in a timely manner, she would use her powers to contact Matthias. She simply wanted them to see the many Fae before they left, even if they didn't interact with any more of them.
Shadow knew Bella was sitting right next to him, but he felt a presence walk by him that didn't feel human. When he looked, there was nothing there, but the aura of the presence lingered, so he continued to look about him.
That's when three beautiful ladies walked up to them and curtsied. All three had long hair with one having dark hair, one having blonde hair, and one having auburn hair. It wasn't known what their eyes looked like because all three had blue glowing light coming from their eyes.
All three wore silver gowns that were form fitting enough to show off sexy figures but didn't show an immense amount of skin. The gowns were short sleeved with necklines plunging enough to show a little cleavage, but it was all tasteful.
"I am Atriana," the dark-haired lady said with a smile. "These are my sisters, Iskalyne and Enriva. We've heard about you humans, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Iskalyne was the blonde-haired lady, and Enriva was the auburn-haired lady, both curtsied a second time. Kaetaria went to work naming Shadow and his ladies for the three women, which made Shadow mentally roll his eyes, but on the outside, he merely said "hi" and nodded at these three women.
"It is customary in the human world to shake hands, yes?" Enriva said, extending her hand to Shadow.
Shadow was hesitant, but he shook her hand so not to appear rude. Upon touching her skin to his, there was suddenly a blue tint to his vision. He blinked several times trying to make it clear, but it stayed, and Enriva gave him a satisfied smile.
She let go of his hand and then made short work of shaking hands with his ladies, as did her sisters. Shadow wiped his eyes with his fingers, but the blue tint remained, and he was starting to wonder what kind of Fae the three beautiful ladies were.
"I suppose we should get going, it was nice meeting you three," Kaetaria said to the women as she stood up from the bench.
The three women gave her a confused look and Shadow wanted to comfort them suddenly for some reason. The same confused look was on all three of his subs, so he knew it wasn't just him.
"Leaving already?" Atriana asked, looking disappointed and annoyed. "We wish to visit with you. Can't you stay a little while?"
"We can stay," Shadow said immediately, as though he wasn't in control of his mouth.
The three women looked pleased and Kaetaria looked confused, especially because Shadow's subs all let out sighs of relief when he said they could stay. Kaetaria looked at them all, the confusion never leaving her face, then eyed Shadow suspiciously.
"I thought you all were in a hurry to get going," Kaetaria said quizzically, not sure how to respond to this.