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A Lick Of Frost :: Гамильтон Лорел
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He shook his head. "No, Merry, no joke, you are amazing in bed, and on the floor, and on a sturdy table."
I laughed.
He smiled at me, and it was almost the old Rhys before he got so serious on me. Then that seriousness peeked out again. "I know that the goblins will have you tonight, and there is nothing I can do about it." His face, went from serious to angry. "But when they shove themselves inside you tonight they'll be shoving my seed farther in."
"Rhys…"
"No, it's all right. I know you're doing your duty as queen. We need the goblins as our allies, and this is the way to get the treaty lengthened. I know politically that it's a good idea, a great idea." He stared at me, and there was such pressure to that gaze that I had to fight to meet it. "But the idea of the two of them having you tonight — the way it's planned — excites you, doesn't it?"
I hesitated, then told the truth. "Yes."
"That is not Seelie Court. That is most definitely Unseelie Court. It's the part of you that I don't understand. It's the part that Doyle understands best, better even than Frost. He may be your Darkness, but he also holds your darkness as precious to him. I don't want your darkness, Merry. I want the light of you."
"You can't separate the light and the dark, Rhys. They're both a part of me."
He nodded. "I know, I know." He sat up and eased himself off the edge of the bed. "I'm going to go clean up."
"You were magnificent," I said.
"I'm already sore."
"I warned you, foreplay isn't just for my body's comfort."
"You did warn me." He gathered his clothes from the floor, but made no move to put them on.
"Enjoy your shower," I said.
"Want to join me?"
I smiled. "No, I need some actual sleep before tonight, I think."
"I tire you out?"
"Yes, but in a wonderful way." I curled on my side, pulling the sheet up.
Rhys went for the door. I heard him talking to someone outside. I heard him say, "Ask her yourself."
Kitto's voice came from the door. "May I come in?"
"Yes," I said.
He walked inside, the door closing behind him. He must have been sitting in the hallway the entire time. "Do you want to hold me while you sleep?" he asked.
I looked at his earnest face, so serious. He was always serious, our Kitto. "Yes," I said.
He smiled then, and it was a good smile. A smile that we'd only discovered he had in the last little bit. He crawled under the sheet and slid his body against the back of mine.
He shook his head. "No, Merry, no joke, you are amazing in bed, and on the floor, and on a sturdy table."
I laughed.
He smiled at me, and it was almost the old Rhys before he got so serious on me. Then that seriousness peeked out again. "I know that the goblins will have you tonight, and there is nothing I can do about it." His face, went from serious to angry. "But when they shove themselves inside you tonight they'll be shoving my seed farther in."
"Rhys…"
"No, it's all right. I know you're doing your duty as queen. We need the goblins as our allies, and this is the way to get the treaty lengthened. I know politically that it's a good idea, a great idea." He stared at me, and there was such pressure to that gaze that I had to fight to meet it. "But the idea of the two of them having you tonight — the way it's planned — excites you, doesn't it?"
I hesitated, then told the truth. "Yes."
"That is not Seelie Court. That is most definitely Unseelie Court. It's the part of you that I don't understand. It's the part that Doyle understands best, better even than Frost. He may be your Darkness, but he also holds your darkness as precious to him. I don't want your darkness, Merry. I want the light of you."
"You can't separate the light and the dark, Rhys. They're both a part of me."
He nodded. "I know, I know." He sat up and eased himself off the edge of the bed. "I'm going to go clean up."
"You were magnificent," I said.
"I'm already sore."
"I warned you, foreplay isn't just for my body's comfort."
"You did warn me." He gathered his clothes from the floor, but made no move to put them on.
"Enjoy your shower," I said.
"Want to join me?"
I smiled. "No, I need some actual sleep before tonight, I think."
"I tire you out?"
"Yes, but in a wonderful way." I curled on my side, pulling the sheet up.
Rhys went for the door. I heard him talking to someone outside. I heard him say, "Ask her yourself."
Kitto's voice came from the door. "May I come in?"
"Yes," I said.
He walked inside, the door closing behind him. He must have been sitting in the hallway the entire time. "Do you want to hold me while you sleep?" he asked.
I looked at his earnest face, so serious. He was always serious, our Kitto. "Yes," I said.
He smiled then, and it was a good smile. A smile that we'd only discovered he had in the last little bit. He crawled under the sheet and slid his body against the back of mine.