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Title: Smoke and Mirrors
Fandom: Belgariad/Malloreon
Challenge/Prompt: Drabblesoup - Velvet
AO3 Link: here
Fandom: Belgariad/Malloreon
Challenge/Prompt: Drabblesoup - Velvet
AO3 Link: here
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It starts as a joke, that nickname, from people who can’t see past her pretty face and family connections. Velvet, for her honeycomb curls and warm eyes, for her easy smile and the dimples in her cheeks. Velvet, soft, smooth, and far too lovely for this line of work.
The joke’s on them, though. She learned the trade at her uncle’s knee, and she knows very well there’s more than one way to hide a blade: in shadows, with smoke and mirrors, or behind a few dimples and the easy smile of a woman far to lovely to be dangerous.
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