section7mfu | Slightly bloated drabble - tag for The King of Knaves Affair

I just couldn't get this any shorter...I'm a bad, bad girl, I guess.

"How did you and the team find me so quickly?"

"When you did not show for our breakfast meeting, I suspected you have been taken. While You and Gemma danced, I observed two of the rogues receiving special attention by the maitre d', who Gemma later identified as el Pasad. From there it was a matter of searching through records to find his real estate acquisition. We were almost to the castle when Miss Pepper's message reached us."

"Smart Russian. Since we made up for our earlier bungling, maybe Mr. Waverly will grant us a few days' vacation in bella Roma. Oh, by the way, since when did you start calling Miss Lusso by her first name?"

Illya shot Napoleon a puckish smile. "We did need to maintain our cover."

Napoleon sighed. "That explains why she snubbed me."