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A Kiss Of Shadows :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 305 из 338He crept forward, toward me. His eyes flicked to Galen, then to Frost, but he knelt on the floorboard, legs straddling the hump in the middle.
He spoke very carefully, keeping his mouth as closed as he could to hide the fangs and the forked tongue. "You have fucked the green-haired sidhe tonight."
I started to protest, but Galen touched my leg, squeezing slightly. He was right. We didn't know how, much we could trust the goblin.
"You have kissed—" The "s" in kiss was the first sibilance he'd allowed in the speech, and it made him hesitate. He started over. "You have kissed the silver-haired sidhe tonight. I would ask permission to uphold the goblin's honor in this matter. Until we share flesh, the treaty between you and my king is not finalized."
"Hold your tongue, goblin," Frost said.
"No," I said, "it's all right, Frost. Kitto's actually being very polite for a goblin. Their culture is very bold when it comes to sex. Besides, he's right. If anything happens to Kitto before we can share flesh, the goblins are free of the treaty."
Kitto bowed until his forehead touched the seat, hair brushing along Frost's hand where he still held mine. He rubbed his head against the seat, along the line of my body like a cat.
I tapped his head. "Don't get any ideas about doing it in the car. I'm not into group sex."
He raised up slowly, those drowning blue eyes staring at me. "When we get to the hotel?" He made it a question.
"She's injured," Galen said. "I think it can wait."
"No," I said. "We need the goblins."
I could feel Galen tense just through the hand on my leg. "I don't like it."
"You don't have to like it, Galen, just acknowledge the practicality of it."
"I do not like the thought of the goblin touching you, either," Frost said, "but it would be a simple thing to assassinate the goblin. They are easier to kill than a sidhe, if you use magic."
I looked at Kitto's delicate body. I knew he could trade blows with almost anything and limp away, but magic… That wasn't a goblin's strong point.
I was tired, so tired. But I'd worked hard for the alliance with the goblins. I wasn't going to lose it now through squeamishness. The question was what piece of my body was I willing to let him sink those fangs into? I wasn't going to lose a pound of flesh, but a bite, which Kitto was within his rights to take. Where would you want someone to take a bite of you?
Chapter 34
I COULDN'T WALK BECAUSE OF MY ANKLE. DOYLE CARRIED ME INTO THE hotel lobby. Kitto stayed very close to me.
He spoke very carefully, keeping his mouth as closed as he could to hide the fangs and the forked tongue. "You have fucked the green-haired sidhe tonight."
I started to protest, but Galen touched my leg, squeezing slightly. He was right. We didn't know how, much we could trust the goblin.
"You have kissed—" The "s" in kiss was the first sibilance he'd allowed in the speech, and it made him hesitate. He started over. "You have kissed the silver-haired sidhe tonight. I would ask permission to uphold the goblin's honor in this matter. Until we share flesh, the treaty between you and my king is not finalized."
"Hold your tongue, goblin," Frost said.
"No," I said, "it's all right, Frost. Kitto's actually being very polite for a goblin. Their culture is very bold when it comes to sex. Besides, he's right. If anything happens to Kitto before we can share flesh, the goblins are free of the treaty."
Kitto bowed until his forehead touched the seat, hair brushing along Frost's hand where he still held mine. He rubbed his head against the seat, along the line of my body like a cat.
I tapped his head. "Don't get any ideas about doing it in the car. I'm not into group sex."
He raised up slowly, those drowning blue eyes staring at me. "When we get to the hotel?" He made it a question.
"She's injured," Galen said. "I think it can wait."
"No," I said. "We need the goblins."
I could feel Galen tense just through the hand on my leg. "I don't like it."
"You don't have to like it, Galen, just acknowledge the practicality of it."
"I do not like the thought of the goblin touching you, either," Frost said, "but it would be a simple thing to assassinate the goblin. They are easier to kill than a sidhe, if you use magic."
I looked at Kitto's delicate body. I knew he could trade blows with almost anything and limp away, but magic… That wasn't a goblin's strong point.
I was tired, so tired. But I'd worked hard for the alliance with the goblins. I wasn't going to lose it now through squeamishness. The question was what piece of my body was I willing to let him sink those fangs into? I wasn't going to lose a pound of flesh, but a bite, which Kitto was within his rights to take. Where would you want someone to take a bite of you?
Chapter 34
I COULDN'T WALK BECAUSE OF MY ANKLE. DOYLE CARRIED ME INTO THE hotel lobby. Kitto stayed very close to me.