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He pulled on his breeches and walked over to an ornateon the plaster wall

"Do I look different? Am II don’t know Prettier? Paler?"

I considered him "Your eyes are different Your soing to the groo out fixed up with a new hairstyle" Watching hiht, I added, "And your hands, I think, will take some time to darken fully We’ll have to think of a way to hide the intently into his own eyes as if looking for soivesa Blud Drink blood, be proud, fight to the death, and laugh loudly"

"About Freesia About your people and faar Snow Ball is so damned important About how to speak to people, how to bo to fake an accent How to kill Ravenna if she murders you in front of everyone"

I stretched luxuriously and flicked ers at his reflection

"Psh You can learn all that in the carriage So long as you kno to dance and be quiet, you’ll do fine"

His posture changed, and in an instant, he was elegantly waltzing around the rooantly"I think you’ll find h--I find myself more outspoken than ever I don’t know if silence is an option any and no one can hold , really" With a final spin, he dipped his invisible partner His hair fell forward, glilass , and I couldn’t stop staring He was the most attractive creature I’d ever encountered, and it was soed

When he stood up, laughing and pushing his hair back, I realized how very well his dimples ith his pointier s

"So what do we do now?" he asked

I shifted unco were a bit disconcerting and ht So we’ll stay the night, have a vial in the , and return to Verusha’s to prepare"

"A pleasant night of sleep and a uess that so-tired"

"The process is supposed to be very taxing I think sleep will be good for us both"

I stood,the sheet wrapped around my body In the heat of the moment, clothes had see the at me with a mixture of curiosity, tenderness, and, so It trailed behind me to the narrow door in the far wall

"So we still have touse theu "We’re predators, you fool Not statues"

The look on his face as I dropped the sheet and slammed the door was utterly priceless

When I was done in the bathroo in the bed, which had been tidied up, the covers straightened and pillows added to lass, and the room was mostly shadows The darkness ar my sheet, I padded across the roo re one ar to face hiin his scent, which no longer sang to olden grass and heavy trees swaying in the breeze and sweet flowers and thein the sunshine, a brief respite

"What do I smell like to you?" I asked suddenly