There was nothing charming about that possessive smirk, but Julianna found herself drawn to it nonetheless. How easy it seemed, for him, to get what he wanted. He was obviously pleased by her acceptance, as if he had won some sort of victory. It put the idea in her head that she was something to be won, and she liked that. Jean-Etienne would also be infuriated by the idea, and she liked that too.
They had stopped walking again, so Starling huffed and dropped down into a lazy position at her feet. Her gaze dropped to the dog, and in her distraction, she wasn’t anticipating his touch until she felt it. The softness of the cloak against her shoulder with his hand behind it. Her ears sprung to attention and swiveled towards him, and she looked back up at him as her tail curled loosely towards the base of her spine. “That’s...fascinating,” she managed, somehow. It wasn’t possible for her to get any more flushed, but she had begun trembling at some point. A fine, and near imperceptible tremor coursed through her as he lifted the fabric to her cheek. It was unlike anything she’d ever felt before. She was suddenly very aware of his closeness, the heat of his body and the way he towered over her.
“Perhaps we should visit the market,” she said, suddenly, her voice pitching higher as she took a single step away from him and his entrancing...cloak. She cleared her throat, clasping her hands against her abdomen. “It’s a beautiful day, and they’ll be making all the fresh deliveries.”
When Holland proposed the idea of sharing the truth with her, she was suspicious the truth was the opposite of what she was going to hear. It was expressed by the lift of one brow, shortly followed by the tilt of her chin. Her lips pressed together. She did not look as impressed as he perhaps wanted her to be, finding no amusement in their having used Veridian for practice in their exploits. She exhaled sharply through her nose, and forced a smile as he effused what was meant to be a compliment.
“Of course. The queen prides herself on Veridian’s non-violent and welcoming image. That aside, it wouldn’t have done any good to make a scene of your arrival. Better to host your for now and then politely see you on your way at the end of the week.”
Maeve, of her own volition, seemed to have applied her own timeline to the length of the Emperor’s stay.
Her brow knitted together at the sound of that laugh. The thin line of her mouth turned into a frown. “I was...unaware,” she replied, and it was obvious she didn't like the idea. An idea that the this wild emperor was at all interested in Julianna. Her hands unlace and she unthinkingly allowed her thumb to reach her mouth. She chewed the cuticle as she often did when she was thinking. She heard him mention the treaty and she snapped back to attention, her hand jerked from her mouth, and she looked down at the damage she had managed before it fell. “How do you know about the treaty?”
They had stopped walking again, so Starling huffed and dropped down into a lazy position at her feet. Her gaze dropped to the dog, and in her distraction, she wasn’t anticipating his touch until she felt it. The softness of the cloak against her shoulder with his hand behind it. Her ears sprung to attention and swiveled towards him, and she looked back up at him as her tail curled loosely towards the base of her spine. “That’s...fascinating,” she managed, somehow. It wasn’t possible for her to get any more flushed, but she had begun trembling at some point. A fine, and near imperceptible tremor coursed through her as he lifted the fabric to her cheek. It was unlike anything she’d ever felt before. She was suddenly very aware of his closeness, the heat of his body and the way he towered over her.
“Perhaps we should visit the market,” she said, suddenly, her voice pitching higher as she took a single step away from him and his entrancing...cloak. She cleared her throat, clasping her hands against her abdomen. “It’s a beautiful day, and they’ll be making all the fresh deliveries.”
When Holland proposed the idea of sharing the truth with her, she was suspicious the truth was the opposite of what she was going to hear. It was expressed by the lift of one brow, shortly followed by the tilt of her chin. Her lips pressed together. She did not look as impressed as he perhaps wanted her to be, finding no amusement in their having used Veridian for practice in their exploits. She exhaled sharply through her nose, and forced a smile as he effused what was meant to be a compliment.
“Of course. The queen prides herself on Veridian’s non-violent and welcoming image. That aside, it wouldn’t have done any good to make a scene of your arrival. Better to host your for now and then politely see you on your way at the end of the week.”
Maeve, of her own volition, seemed to have applied her own timeline to the length of the Emperor’s stay.
Her brow knitted together at the sound of that laugh. The thin line of her mouth turned into a frown. “I was...unaware,” she replied, and it was obvious she didn't like the idea. An idea that the this wild emperor was at all interested in Julianna. Her hands unlace and she unthinkingly allowed her thumb to reach her mouth. She chewed the cuticle as she often did when she was thinking. She heard him mention the treaty and she snapped back to attention, her hand jerked from her mouth, and she looked down at the damage she had managed before it fell. “How do you know about the treaty?”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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