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"Bugger Then I take it back"
"You can’t Where did I?"
Jacinda tried toon He’d unnerved her, and she’d been on the verge of asking him where he’d learned to kiss like that At least he’d stopped her in ti what she did so far of his capricious nature, who knehat she would have to do to win the next answer?
"Where did you hide the body?"
He shook his head sadly, disappointed with her "Oh, sweetness There was no body" With a h, he slipped his hands into his pockets and turned away
"Marco?"
He didn’t stop walking
"Marco! Are you going to unbind me?"
He paused but didn’t look back "No more questions"
She opened herthat he undo the straps and let her down from his blasted bull’s-eye The knife was uncomfortably close to her skin, and without his presence to distract her, she was beginning to feel the cut of the leather against the softness of her flesh But she could tell he wouldn’t respond to de--yet And so she closed herwith a shiver the exotic feeling of being kissed in an entirely neay Damn, but the man was a ertips were to her lips, and it took a few moments more for her to chuckle at herself and reach to unbuckle the strap around her other wrist She’d utterly forgotten that one hand was free all along With both hands on the buckle at her waist, she stopped She couldn’t reach her ankles until she undid this buckle, but as soon as the tension was gone, she would flop right over Silly as it was, injury was possible, especially if the creaking sway of the bull’s-eye indicated, as it see could spin freely She’d be upside down andbets on how quickly her skirts would rip if she continued in her stubborn streak to free herself froone, and she wasn’t about to give hi a scene The lizard boy was the only person she could see, and she hissed at hiue went dry, but he didn’t open an eye She had just set her hands to the buckle at her waist and prepared for the worst when she noticed soon circle It was one of the girls fro, the one with the odd speech and wistful, faraway h mental cue cards as she put on a warm smile
"Demi, dear? Do you have a ?"
For a Bludwo soe costume showcased the casual resplendence of a life lived in the caravan, with vibrant colors and patterns carefully fitted and ruffled by hands irl’s hair was in a low ponytail, rippling over her shoulders in careless curls thatabout her struck Jacinda as foreign, but she couldn’t place the girl’s looks or accent in any culture she’d visited
Jacinda sighed and rolled her eyes heavenward "I made a bad bet, I’m afraid Would you be so kind as to spin this ht-side up?"
De in the placehtly buckled leather around her waist and ankles Soirl’s brown eyes, and they narrowed
"Did Marco do this to you?"
Jacinda blinked, going a little colder, recognizing instantly the ire of a woht to be jealous Since Lianation across the globe any tiained rivals for his affection She always knew she would stake no future claies she visited never believed her It was rare, in today’s world, for a woand sweet, beyond the raised hackles And Jacinda knew better than to forget for even a irl was a Bludwoet as surely as a piece of staked meat over a fire So she s were very silly, which it was
It was
"He said he would answer a question if I let hih to take hiinning to hurt a bit Would you rily for athe wheel until Jacinda’s head was finally where it belonged She reeled for a htfully reached down to pull out the pins holding her skirts to the wheel and unbuckle the leg straps Jacinda undid the waist belt, stepped down, and nearly fell, the blood rushing to and from all her body parts in an aard dance that left her dizzy
"Thank you so otten out without you"
De a little low Jacinda re and have crushes on older y professor,off behind him on a camel for the six best years of her life But Demi wasn’t her, and Marco wasn’t Lia Bludwoman’s destiny lay elsewhere
"Honey, I’m sure everybody in this caravan has already told you he’s too old for you"