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Swallowing Darkness :: Гамильтон Лорел
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"I had forgotten that yourfather used to bring you to visit the goblins," Ash said, propping himself up on his elbows.
"The goblins are the foot soldiers of the faerie court. No war has been won since the goblins joined us that would not have been lost without you."
"Now that we are forbidden to make war, the nobles of both courts forget that," Ash said. "We are an embarrassment even to the Unseelie."
"We don't clean up well enough for the press to please the queen," Holly said. He was sitting up now, his knees drawn to his chest, his arms encircling them. It made him seem younger, more vulnerable. I had a moment of seeing what he might have been when he was young enough for Cathmore to think them prey.
I crawled over the clothes and the movement of the grass underneath until I was in front of Holly. His gaze did not even pretend to look away from my breasts. It didn't bother me. We were naked, and I wanted them to want me.
I rose, coming off of all fours, letting his gaze stay on the heavy roundness of my breasts. "I think you look amazing."
He looked at my face then, and there was anger in the crimson of his eyes. I hesitated in the midst of the kiss I'd been seeking, not understanding the anger.
"Good enough to fuck, but not to be seen in public with," he said.
I leaned back on my heels. "I don't understand."
Ash sat up, one knee bent, the other leg out straight so he framed his swell nicely. Neither of them had anything to be ashamed of in that area. I had trouble raising my gaze from between his legs to his face.
He laughed, and it was that masculine sound, pleased and sure of itself. "You're not the first sidhe woman to want to sample forbidden fruit."
"You've said that I was."
"In public," he said. "In front of the other goblins, yes. If a goblin lays with a sidhe, then they must show marks of violence. To do less in our kingdom is to be seen as weak. To be seen as weak is to invite challengers. We are already half sidhe, Meredith. If the goblins knew we could take our sex gentle and enjoy it, we would be challenged until even we were killed."
Holly traced my shoulder with the edge of his hand. "Gentleness has no reward for goblins, only punishment."
I glanced at Holly, then back to Ash as he said, "We have lived by that rule. We have punished others who were gentle. Your own pet goblin, Kitto, suffered at our hands."
"Did you enjoy his suffering?" I asked.
He smiled. "No one but you would ask that, blunt as a goblin, with that pretty sidhe face."
"Human too," I said.
"I had forgotten that yourfather used to bring you to visit the goblins," Ash said, propping himself up on his elbows.
"The goblins are the foot soldiers of the faerie court. No war has been won since the goblins joined us that would not have been lost without you."
"Now that we are forbidden to make war, the nobles of both courts forget that," Ash said. "We are an embarrassment even to the Unseelie."
"We don't clean up well enough for the press to please the queen," Holly said. He was sitting up now, his knees drawn to his chest, his arms encircling them. It made him seem younger, more vulnerable. I had a moment of seeing what he might have been when he was young enough for Cathmore to think them prey.
I crawled over the clothes and the movement of the grass underneath until I was in front of Holly. His gaze did not even pretend to look away from my breasts. It didn't bother me. We were naked, and I wanted them to want me.
I rose, coming off of all fours, letting his gaze stay on the heavy roundness of my breasts. "I think you look amazing."
He looked at my face then, and there was anger in the crimson of his eyes. I hesitated in the midst of the kiss I'd been seeking, not understanding the anger.
"Good enough to fuck, but not to be seen in public with," he said.
I leaned back on my heels. "I don't understand."
Ash sat up, one knee bent, the other leg out straight so he framed his swell nicely. Neither of them had anything to be ashamed of in that area. I had trouble raising my gaze from between his legs to his face.
He laughed, and it was that masculine sound, pleased and sure of itself. "You're not the first sidhe woman to want to sample forbidden fruit."
"You've said that I was."
"In public," he said. "In front of the other goblins, yes. If a goblin lays with a sidhe, then they must show marks of violence. To do less in our kingdom is to be seen as weak. To be seen as weak is to invite challengers. We are already half sidhe, Meredith. If the goblins knew we could take our sex gentle and enjoy it, we would be challenged until even we were killed."
Holly traced my shoulder with the edge of his hand. "Gentleness has no reward for goblins, only punishment."
I glanced at Holly, then back to Ash as he said, "We have lived by that rule. We have punished others who were gentle. Your own pet goblin, Kitto, suffered at our hands."
"Did you enjoy his suffering?" I asked.
He smiled. "No one but you would ask that, blunt as a goblin, with that pretty sidhe face."
"Human too," I said.