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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 13 из 427Seemed fair to me.
I closed the distance between us with my hands, my mouth, my body. The energy of his beast spilled around us like being plunged into a warm bath that had a mild electric charge. He'd been one of the least of my leopards until a metaphysical accident had taken him from pomme de sang to my animal to call. I was the first human servant to a vampire to gain the vampire ability to call an animal. All leopards were mine to call, but Nathaniel was my special pet. We'd both gained from the magical bonding, but he'd gained more.
He lifted me up, using just his hands on my thighs. Even through my jeans he made sure I knew he was happy to be pressed against my body. So happy that it forced a small sound from me.
Ronnie's voice came harsh, ugly, like she was choking on her anger. «And when the baby comes, are you going to fuck in front of it, too?»
Nathaniel froze against me. Micah's voice came from behind us. «Baby?»
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THAT ONE WORD fell into the room like a thunderbolt, except that afterward the room was quiet. So quiet that I could hear the blood pounding in my head. Nathaniel's body was so still against mine that if I hadn't felt his pulse against my hand, it would have been like he wasn't there. I was afraid to move, afraid to breathe. It was like a moment before a gunfight, when you know it's going to happen, that anything, any movement, will set it off, and you don't want to be the one that makes that happen.
Nathaniel looked down at me, and the look was enough. It broke the unnatural silence, and sound spilled around us. Micah said, «Did Ronnie say baby ?»
«Yeah, I said baby .» Her voice was ugly with anger.
Nathaniel let me slide to the floor, his hands going to my shoulders. His eyes were so serious that I had to fight to keep meeting them. I did it, though my eyes flinched as if the force of his questions were a light too bright to meet.
«Are you pregnant?» he asked, voice soft.
«I'm not sure,» I said, and I gave Ronnie the glare she deserved. «I was going to wait until I was sure before I told any of you guys. But I had to tell someone. I thought, hey, I'll tell my best friend, but I guess I was wrong.»
«The kiss with Micah may not have been for my benefit,» Ronnie said in that ugly voice that I didn't recognize as hers, «but your pet stripper and you, that was for my benefit.»
I turned so that I was facing her, Nathaniel at my back. «You're jealous of the men in my life, yeah, I get that now.»
She opened her mouth, closed it, and said, «I guess that's fair.
I closed the distance between us with my hands, my mouth, my body. The energy of his beast spilled around us like being plunged into a warm bath that had a mild electric charge. He'd been one of the least of my leopards until a metaphysical accident had taken him from pomme de sang to my animal to call. I was the first human servant to a vampire to gain the vampire ability to call an animal. All leopards were mine to call, but Nathaniel was my special pet. We'd both gained from the magical bonding, but he'd gained more.
He lifted me up, using just his hands on my thighs. Even through my jeans he made sure I knew he was happy to be pressed against my body. So happy that it forced a small sound from me.
Ronnie's voice came harsh, ugly, like she was choking on her anger. «And when the baby comes, are you going to fuck in front of it, too?»
Nathaniel froze against me. Micah's voice came from behind us. «Baby?»
2
THAT ONE WORD fell into the room like a thunderbolt, except that afterward the room was quiet. So quiet that I could hear the blood pounding in my head. Nathaniel's body was so still against mine that if I hadn't felt his pulse against my hand, it would have been like he wasn't there. I was afraid to move, afraid to breathe. It was like a moment before a gunfight, when you know it's going to happen, that anything, any movement, will set it off, and you don't want to be the one that makes that happen.
Nathaniel looked down at me, and the look was enough. It broke the unnatural silence, and sound spilled around us. Micah said, «Did Ronnie say baby ?»
«Yeah, I said baby .» Her voice was ugly with anger.
Nathaniel let me slide to the floor, his hands going to my shoulders. His eyes were so serious that I had to fight to keep meeting them. I did it, though my eyes flinched as if the force of his questions were a light too bright to meet.
«Are you pregnant?» he asked, voice soft.
«I'm not sure,» I said, and I gave Ronnie the glare she deserved. «I was going to wait until I was sure before I told any of you guys. But I had to tell someone. I thought, hey, I'll tell my best friend, but I guess I was wrong.»
«The kiss with Micah may not have been for my benefit,» Ronnie said in that ugly voice that I didn't recognize as hers, «but your pet stripper and you, that was for my benefit.»
I turned so that I was facing her, Nathaniel at my back. «You're jealous of the men in my life, yeah, I get that now.»
She opened her mouth, closed it, and said, «I guess that's fair.