Thursday, December 4, 2008

Seeming Human

Dakshana scrubbed a hand across the back of her mouth. What had she done? She’d let him kiss her, let him touch her. And kiss her he had. Dakshana closed her eyes and swallowed hard. When he’d kissed her, for one moment, he had seemed - human. But then she opened her eyes and saw his insufferable smirk and she wanted to slap him again.

“Srina. Let Srina go,” she said.

Chadstone smiled and then knelt. He drew on the ground, the motions ponderous, graceful. Dakshana felt the thrum build in her veins and knew the magic.

“So Srina shall go.”

No comments: