After a trek up the coast, Tasha, the Lapis and Sylvester arrive at the estate of Aaron's older (and very successful) brother Alexander, where they are immediately invited in for dinner. Layth is a bit dazed from meeting a buck taller than he is along with being surrounded by a huge family.
After doing battle with a dozen coneys for food, and weathering an attack on Tasha's tail by the family's pet Hooka, the adults are taken to a separate building to relax and have dessert. Alexander, Sylvester and Calligenia take a table to discuss the business contract the Khatta and Amazonian have worked out, while the others just relax.
During the conversation, Tasha learns that she resembles the Abu Dhabi version of a succubus, which explains some of the reactions she'd been getting. The half-Vartan insists that Aaron show her where images of such demons can be found.
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