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The Harlequin :: Гамильтон Лорел
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«You think Mommie Dearest is trying again?» he asked.
Mommie Dearest was my nickname for the head of the vampire council, the creator of vampire culture. The last time she'd messed with me, a cross had burned into my hand and had to be pried out by a doctor. I had a permanent scar in my left palm from it. Up to now the cross, in a bag or under my bed, had kept her at bay.
«I don't know, maybe.»
«There aren't that many vamps that can get through your psychic shields,» he said.
I slipped the chain over my neck, the silver glittering against the thin silk sweater.
«You sure that's enough cloth between your skin and the cross?»
«No, but I don't think it's Mommie.»
He sighed and tried to keep the frown off his face. «Do you need to skip the movie?»
«No, Jean-Claude said we'd be safe tonight.»
«Okay,» Nathaniel said, «but I don't like the way you said that. What's gone wrong now?»
«Let's find seats and I'll tell you what little I know,» I said. We managed to find two seats in the back row so my back was to a wall and I could see the rest of the theatre. I wasn't being paranoid, or at least not more paranoid than usual. I always sat in the back row, if I could manage it.
By the time the previews had finished, I'd told him everything I knew, which wasn't much.
«And that's all Jean-Claude would tell you?»
«Yep.»
«Way too mysterious.»
«Understatement,» I said.
The music came up, the lights went down, and for the life of me I couldn't remember what movie we'd decided to see. I didn't ask Nathaniel, because it might have hurt his feelings, and besides, in moments, the question would answer itself.
chapter four
THREE HOURS AND some change later, I knew the movie was the new version of King Kong . Nathaniel liked the movie better than I did. The special effects were great, but I was way ready for the ape to die long before he did. Which was a shame, since some of the movie was amazing. My cross hadn't glowed once, and I hadn't been more than normally fascinated with Nathaniel. Normally fascinated meant that sitting in date seats in the dark was intimate and fun, but it didn't make me lose control. I thought about letting my hands wander, and with the other men in my life, I might have, but Nathaniel had less inhibitions than most. I might start something I wouldn't want to finish in the theatre. Besides, you can't watch the movie and grope your boyfriend, or at least I can't.
«You think Mommie Dearest is trying again?» he asked.
Mommie Dearest was my nickname for the head of the vampire council, the creator of vampire culture. The last time she'd messed with me, a cross had burned into my hand and had to be pried out by a doctor. I had a permanent scar in my left palm from it. Up to now the cross, in a bag or under my bed, had kept her at bay.
«I don't know, maybe.»
«There aren't that many vamps that can get through your psychic shields,» he said.
I slipped the chain over my neck, the silver glittering against the thin silk sweater.
«You sure that's enough cloth between your skin and the cross?»
«No, but I don't think it's Mommie.»
He sighed and tried to keep the frown off his face. «Do you need to skip the movie?»
«No, Jean-Claude said we'd be safe tonight.»
«Okay,» Nathaniel said, «but I don't like the way you said that. What's gone wrong now?»
«Let's find seats and I'll tell you what little I know,» I said. We managed to find two seats in the back row so my back was to a wall and I could see the rest of the theatre. I wasn't being paranoid, or at least not more paranoid than usual. I always sat in the back row, if I could manage it.
By the time the previews had finished, I'd told him everything I knew, which wasn't much.
«And that's all Jean-Claude would tell you?»
«Yep.»
«Way too mysterious.»
«Understatement,» I said.
The music came up, the lights went down, and for the life of me I couldn't remember what movie we'd decided to see. I didn't ask Nathaniel, because it might have hurt his feelings, and besides, in moments, the question would answer itself.
chapter four
THREE HOURS AND some change later, I knew the movie was the new version of King Kong . Nathaniel liked the movie better than I did. The special effects were great, but I was way ready for the ape to die long before he did. Which was a shame, since some of the movie was amazing. My cross hadn't glowed once, and I hadn't been more than normally fascinated with Nathaniel. Normally fascinated meant that sitting in date seats in the dark was intimate and fun, but it didn't make me lose control. I thought about letting my hands wander, and with the other men in my life, I might have, but Nathaniel had less inhibitions than most. I might start something I wouldn't want to finish in the theatre. Besides, you can't watch the movie and grope your boyfriend, or at least I can't.