Yes, Lilly’s perspective.

I felt a tingle down my spine, not unlike what I’d felt the first time I’d touched the dildo after Mr. Hawk had demonstrated that it wasn’t cursed, just one of many items similar to the ones he himself sold. I blinked and shook my head to clear it, probably just an effect of being sick, though after the blacksmith’s herbal tea I felt much better.

Had his eyes started glowing? I refocused and everything seemed normal. I shouldn’t have walked all the way down here while sick, I was probably high with fever, hallucinating, not good. Still, what he said made sense, right?

Goddess… the truth was I didn’t care if it made perfect sense, it made enough sense, and I desperately wanted it to.

“Yes,” I said, fare more quickly than I had meant to and I felt myself blush furiously. “I mean, that’d be much more preferable than having you standing here watching me.”

He nodded and a look of what I thought was relief passed over his face. “Indeed, it was not proper of me, if I hadn’t been so concerned for your wellbeing and the reaction from your Goddess… I mean, I’d never do it for someone I didn’t know so well.”

He placed the bronze dildo in my hand and I noticed him replace the one I’d brought him in the box, a moment of irrational panic filled my mind.

“Wait!”

He turned a questioning look to me, about to replace the dildo on the shelf.

“I mean… that belongs to the order, and… and…”

He raised his eyebrows at me and I suddenly felt very silly.

“You can’t carry it around with you,” he said reasonably, “if you get caught with it I’ve no idea what they’d do, but I’d hate to see you expelled just because you’re trying to take care of your friend.”

I swallowed, not liking where this was going but also unable to come up with a good counter argument. My mind was so fuzzy and my pussy burned fiercely as I idly stroked the bronze dildo in my hand.

“What about Charity?” I asked, “she’ll know it was me who took it, who else could it have been?”

“I have a suggestion,” Mr. Hawk smiled at me and I swear his teeth seemed longer, more canine than before. I shook my head to clear it, setting the bronze dildo down on the nearby bench just so I could concentrate on what he was saying.