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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 27 из 427Suddenly Meng Die was just another master vampire in a kiss that was lousy with mastervamps. She was powerful enough to be third, or maybe even second, but temperamentally, she wasn't suited to be that close to any throne. Too dangerous. Too ambitious.
«What the hell did she do now?» I asked.
Graham shrugged. «I don't know.»
«I thought you were almost her pomme de sang» Nathaniel said.
«I was,» he said.
«You don't seem too worried about her.»
He shrugged those big shoulders. «She keeps promising to make me, or Clay, her pomme de sang , but she never makes the decision. She was still fucking Requiem, too, until he started turning her down.»
«Requiem isn't sharing Meng Die's bed anymore?» I asked.
«No.»
I frowned. «Did he find a new girlfriend?»
Graham licked his lips again. «Sort of.»
«I know that look, Graham, that's your I-have-more-bad-news-and-I-don't-want-to-tell-it look. Spill it, all of it.»
He sighed again. «Damn it, if you're not my girlfriend you shouldn't be able to read me that easily.»
It was my turn to shrug. «Just tell me.»
«Requiem thinks that the reason you've turned him down as your new pomme de sang is because he was fucking Meng Die. He said you're not a woman who shares your men.»
I didn't know whether to scream, or curse, or laugh. «Did he tell Meng Die that?» I asked.
«I don't know. He told me. He told Clay.»
«Did you tell Meng Die?» I asked.
He shook his head. «I am not that stupid. She takes bad news a hell of a lot worse than you do.»
«Is Clay that stupid?» I asked.
«Requiem told her,» Micah said, voice soft.
We all looked at him. «You know that?» I asked.
He shook his head. «But it would be something he would do, not to cause trouble, but to be honest with her.»
I thought about it, then had to agree. «Damn, he would. I wonder if he told her recently?»
«Did you turn her down?» Nathaniel asked Graham.
He gave the quick grin again. «No. She may not hold the ardeur , but the sex is still amazing. I've done vamps before, but never Belle Morte's bloodline. If Meng Die is an example of what they have to offer in bed, then my new goal in life is to be one of their pommes de sang .»
«I thought you wanted to be Anita's pomme ,» Nathaniel said.
Graham looked a little startled, as if he'd said more than he'd meant to say.
«What the hell did she do now?» I asked.
Graham shrugged. «I don't know.»
«I thought you were almost her pomme de sang» Nathaniel said.
«I was,» he said.
«You don't seem too worried about her.»
He shrugged those big shoulders. «She keeps promising to make me, or Clay, her pomme de sang , but she never makes the decision. She was still fucking Requiem, too, until he started turning her down.»
«Requiem isn't sharing Meng Die's bed anymore?» I asked.
«No.»
I frowned. «Did he find a new girlfriend?»
Graham licked his lips again. «Sort of.»
«I know that look, Graham, that's your I-have-more-bad-news-and-I-don't-want-to-tell-it look. Spill it, all of it.»
He sighed again. «Damn it, if you're not my girlfriend you shouldn't be able to read me that easily.»
It was my turn to shrug. «Just tell me.»
«Requiem thinks that the reason you've turned him down as your new pomme de sang is because he was fucking Meng Die. He said you're not a woman who shares your men.»
I didn't know whether to scream, or curse, or laugh. «Did he tell Meng Die that?» I asked.
«I don't know. He told me. He told Clay.»
«Did you tell Meng Die?» I asked.
He shook his head. «I am not that stupid. She takes bad news a hell of a lot worse than you do.»
«Is Clay that stupid?» I asked.
«Requiem told her,» Micah said, voice soft.
We all looked at him. «You know that?» I asked.
He shook his head. «But it would be something he would do, not to cause trouble, but to be honest with her.»
I thought about it, then had to agree. «Damn, he would. I wonder if he told her recently?»
«Did you turn her down?» Nathaniel asked Graham.
He gave the quick grin again. «No. She may not hold the ardeur , but the sex is still amazing. I've done vamps before, but never Belle Morte's bloodline. If Meng Die is an example of what they have to offer in bed, then my new goal in life is to be one of their pommes de sang .»
«I thought you wanted to be Anita's pomme ,» Nathaniel said.
Graham looked a little startled, as if he'd said more than he'd meant to say.