The sigh she emitted deflated her. Her shoulder fell and her hand slipped off her hip and hung loose at her side. He really didn’t give up much, did he? She let him push past her, body gone limp as if she had given up on the game she played.
Except with a sudden movement, she snatched his wrist and stepped closer to him. She gazed up at him through her upper eyelashes. “Are you going to write a report about me?” Her voice turned lower in tone and whether that was to mess with him or keep her words quiet from prying ears in the hallway, she didn’t let on. Her slim fingers held his wrist right at sensitive pressure points. She knew just a little pressure could send crippling nerve pain up his arm if she pressed.
But she didn’t.
She wasn’t sure anymore what game she was playing or what message she wanted to send to him. Whether she wanted to threaten him or wanted to do something else with him.
“I’d love to read it.” Her lip curled at the side and her brow twitched, she looked more playful than threatening. “And tell your friend I’m not interest--”
“Miss O’Rourke! There you are!”
Ishara all but jumped at the shrill voice that addressed her. It sent ice down her spine. Her hand jerked away from the general’s wrist and disappeared into a fist hidden at the small of her back. She looked like a child hiding a cookie behind her back. Had she seen? “Yes’um.”
“You have patients!” A woman with a pinched face hissed at Ishara. She glanced in passing at the general and curtsied. A display of custom that lingered in the more conservative of Eskrans to acknowledge their betters. “Clodah Macey, sir. Overseer.” She gave that brief introduction implying her superiority over Ishara and then cast the young woman a look of accusation. “Are you keeping this man?”
“No ma’am. He had questions about --”
“Did you answer his questions?”
“Yes ma’am.”
The woman gave Ishara a pointed look.
Her face burned but Ishara gave him a little curtsey. Her form was impeccable but there was nothing but defiance in her eyes.“Beg your pardon for keeping you, sir.” Her voice turned syrupy in a way that towed the line between demeaning and sarcastic. With that Ishara moved away, skirting around the large figure of the strange and handsome man who’d come to see her. Before she turned a corner, she glanced back at him. One last look, thinking she’d probably never see his face again.
Clodah curtsied before she moved away from the general, leaving him in the bustle of the hospital hallway.
Except with a sudden movement, she snatched his wrist and stepped closer to him. She gazed up at him through her upper eyelashes. “Are you going to write a report about me?” Her voice turned lower in tone and whether that was to mess with him or keep her words quiet from prying ears in the hallway, she didn’t let on. Her slim fingers held his wrist right at sensitive pressure points. She knew just a little pressure could send crippling nerve pain up his arm if she pressed.
But she didn’t.
She wasn’t sure anymore what game she was playing or what message she wanted to send to him. Whether she wanted to threaten him or wanted to do something else with him.
“I’d love to read it.” Her lip curled at the side and her brow twitched, she looked more playful than threatening. “And tell your friend I’m not interest--”
“Miss O’Rourke! There you are!”
Ishara all but jumped at the shrill voice that addressed her. It sent ice down her spine. Her hand jerked away from the general’s wrist and disappeared into a fist hidden at the small of her back. She looked like a child hiding a cookie behind her back. Had she seen? “Yes’um.”
“You have patients!” A woman with a pinched face hissed at Ishara. She glanced in passing at the general and curtsied. A display of custom that lingered in the more conservative of Eskrans to acknowledge their betters. “Clodah Macey, sir. Overseer.” She gave that brief introduction implying her superiority over Ishara and then cast the young woman a look of accusation. “Are you keeping this man?”
“No ma’am. He had questions about --”
“Did you answer his questions?”
“Yes ma’am.”
The woman gave Ishara a pointed look.
Her face burned but Ishara gave him a little curtsey. Her form was impeccable but there was nothing but defiance in her eyes.“Beg your pardon for keeping you, sir.” Her voice turned syrupy in a way that towed the line between demeaning and sarcastic. With that Ishara moved away, skirting around the large figure of the strange and handsome man who’d come to see her. Before she turned a corner, she glanced back at him. One last look, thinking she’d probably never see his face again.
Clodah curtsied before she moved away from the general, leaving him in the bustle of the hospital hallway.
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