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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
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«Can't we watch?» Elisabetta asked.
«No,» I said.
«Come, Elisabetta,» Merlin said. He went out the door with her behind him. Adonis turned in the doorway, and stared at us all.
«You don't get to watch either,» I said. «This meeting is over.»
He started to say something, then seemed to think better of it. He finally shook his head, and left without another word. I'd learned more than he meant to tell, but less than there was to know. Somehow I knew I'd see him again. Just a feeling.
Claudia went to the door. «I'll make sure no one interrupts.» She closed the door behind her.
I stood, and gently moved their hands off my shoulders. I took their hands in mine. «Nathaniel, take Damian to the workers' lounge or somewhere. Or find a table outside, I guess.»
«Why can't we watch?»
I gave him a look, but he gave innocent, knowledgeable eyes. «It's been less than two hours, are you saying you'd go again?»
He smiled.
«I can't feed on you again this soon, Nathaniel, it's too dangerous. I don't know what the mother did to me, exactly, but I feel shaky. I don't know if I can guarantee that the ardeur won't spread through the room. Outside the door you'll be safe; inside, I don't know." I looked at Damian, who was clinging to Nathaniel's shoulders as if he'd fall down without the support. «If I fed on Damian right now, I think that would be bad.»
«Who will you feed from then?» Asher asked from where he stood near the wall.
«If it's okay with you, you.»
«A man likes to be asked.»
I squeezed the others' hands, and said, «Nathaniel, Damian, go, please, and stay where someone can keep an eye on you, okay?»
«I promise,» Nathaniel said, and they started for the door.
I turned to Asher. «Are you mad at me?»
«No one likes to be taken for granted, Anita.»
«I don't take you for granted.»
«You do, and so does Jean-Claude.»
I didn't know what to say to that so I said that part out loud. «I don't know what to say to that.»
He shook his head. «We do not have time to tend my emotional wounds. Forgive me.»
The door closed behind us, Nathaniel and Damian were outside trying to find a place to wait while I fed enough to keep us all alive.
I reached for Asher's hand. He took it, but he wouldn't look at me. What little of his face he gave was that perfect profile, with the scars hidden behind the glory of his hair. I'd asked for sex and he was hiding from me. Not good.
«Can't we watch?» Elisabetta asked.
«No,» I said.
«Come, Elisabetta,» Merlin said. He went out the door with her behind him. Adonis turned in the doorway, and stared at us all.
«You don't get to watch either,» I said. «This meeting is over.»
He started to say something, then seemed to think better of it. He finally shook his head, and left without another word. I'd learned more than he meant to tell, but less than there was to know. Somehow I knew I'd see him again. Just a feeling.
Claudia went to the door. «I'll make sure no one interrupts.» She closed the door behind her.
I stood, and gently moved their hands off my shoulders. I took their hands in mine. «Nathaniel, take Damian to the workers' lounge or somewhere. Or find a table outside, I guess.»
«Why can't we watch?»
I gave him a look, but he gave innocent, knowledgeable eyes. «It's been less than two hours, are you saying you'd go again?»
He smiled.
«I can't feed on you again this soon, Nathaniel, it's too dangerous. I don't know what the mother did to me, exactly, but I feel shaky. I don't know if I can guarantee that the ardeur won't spread through the room. Outside the door you'll be safe; inside, I don't know." I looked at Damian, who was clinging to Nathaniel's shoulders as if he'd fall down without the support. «If I fed on Damian right now, I think that would be bad.»
«Who will you feed from then?» Asher asked from where he stood near the wall.
«If it's okay with you, you.»
«A man likes to be asked.»
I squeezed the others' hands, and said, «Nathaniel, Damian, go, please, and stay where someone can keep an eye on you, okay?»
«I promise,» Nathaniel said, and they started for the door.
I turned to Asher. «Are you mad at me?»
«No one likes to be taken for granted, Anita.»
«I don't take you for granted.»
«You do, and so does Jean-Claude.»
I didn't know what to say to that so I said that part out loud. «I don't know what to say to that.»
He shook his head. «We do not have time to tend my emotional wounds. Forgive me.»
The door closed behind us, Nathaniel and Damian were outside trying to find a place to wait while I fed enough to keep us all alive.
I reached for Asher's hand. He took it, but he wouldn't look at me. What little of his face he gave was that perfect profile, with the scars hidden behind the glory of his hair. I'd asked for sex and he was hiding from me. Not good.