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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 38 из 427But their bodies wereslender, not enough muscle development. I searched their curious faces and found them young. Very young. They had to be legal, or Jean-Claude wouldn't have agreed, but they didn't look legal. Maybe merpeople aged slower than humans.
The other son I wasn't certain of, because there were two dark-haired men standing behind the love seat. One of them met my eyes bold as brass. The other man wouldn't meet my gaze; he actually blushed, embarrassed. I was betting that was the son. Maybe he thought it was all as weird as I did.
«They are lovely, my sons, are they not?» Thea asked, and that brought my attention back to her.
I wasn't sure what to say to that, but finally said, «Well, yeah, I guess, I mean, I wasn't looking at them for that.» I felt the blush crawl up my face and cursed myself for it.
She smiled. «Let us decide which of us is of higher rank, so I may introduce you to them formally.»
I thought about it, looked at Micah and Nathaniel. They both shook their heads; they didn't know either.
«I have a thought,» Thea said, and the tone in her voice made it clear mat she wasn't sure I'd like it. Her voice was melodious, almost like singing.
«I'm willing to hear it,» I said.
«We are animal to call and human servant, but I am married to a Master of the City, and you are not. Would that be a way to decide who is higher tank?»
«Thea,» Samuel said.
«No,» I said, «it is a way to decide this. Marriage beats just dating, I'm okay with that.»
Samuel frowned at me. «We were warned that you had a temper, Ms. Blake.»
I shrugged. «I do, but Thea's reasoning is as good a way as any to decide which of us offers up a body part.»
«You don't find it insulting to acknowledge her as greater than yourself?» he asked.
I shook my head. «No.»
He looked at me, looked at me as if he were trying to see all the way through to my spine. It wasn't vampire tricks, it was just him trying to decide what I was, or wasn't. Once I would have squirmed under such a look, but not now. Now I just stood there and gave him calm eyes back.
Thea made some small movement that drew my attention back to her. She was waiting, outwardly patient, but there was a demand in her. Time to put up, or shut up.
I offered her my wrist.
She took my hand in hers, and again her hand was cool in mine. She wrapped her hand around mine, and used it to draw me in toward her body. She wasn't going to take the wrist, she was going for the neck.
The other son I wasn't certain of, because there were two dark-haired men standing behind the love seat. One of them met my eyes bold as brass. The other man wouldn't meet my gaze; he actually blushed, embarrassed. I was betting that was the son. Maybe he thought it was all as weird as I did.
«They are lovely, my sons, are they not?» Thea asked, and that brought my attention back to her.
I wasn't sure what to say to that, but finally said, «Well, yeah, I guess, I mean, I wasn't looking at them for that.» I felt the blush crawl up my face and cursed myself for it.
She smiled. «Let us decide which of us is of higher rank, so I may introduce you to them formally.»
I thought about it, looked at Micah and Nathaniel. They both shook their heads; they didn't know either.
«I have a thought,» Thea said, and the tone in her voice made it clear mat she wasn't sure I'd like it. Her voice was melodious, almost like singing.
«I'm willing to hear it,» I said.
«We are animal to call and human servant, but I am married to a Master of the City, and you are not. Would that be a way to decide who is higher tank?»
«Thea,» Samuel said.
«No,» I said, «it is a way to decide this. Marriage beats just dating, I'm okay with that.»
Samuel frowned at me. «We were warned that you had a temper, Ms. Blake.»
I shrugged. «I do, but Thea's reasoning is as good a way as any to decide which of us offers up a body part.»
«You don't find it insulting to acknowledge her as greater than yourself?» he asked.
I shook my head. «No.»
He looked at me, looked at me as if he were trying to see all the way through to my spine. It wasn't vampire tricks, it was just him trying to decide what I was, or wasn't. Once I would have squirmed under such a look, but not now. Now I just stood there and gave him calm eyes back.
Thea made some small movement that drew my attention back to her. She was waiting, outwardly patient, but there was a demand in her. Time to put up, or shut up.
I offered her my wrist.
She took my hand in hers, and again her hand was cool in mine. She wrapped her hand around mine, and used it to draw me in toward her body. She wasn't going to take the wrist, she was going for the neck.