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“You’ve participated in them?” She raised a brow
He shrugged “Because of my ancestor, I’m accepted as a member of a particular clan, the fainal woman he married But yeah, I’ve done my share with the men of the tribe Done a passable bird, horse, camel” He winked at her “They said when I did the bird, I looked a bit frightening, this naked white thing flapping his ar at the sky They weren’t sure I hadn’t been possessed by some kind of evil spirit instead”
“You didn’t stay with theh”
“I’m welcome to ith them on occasion, but they won’t let me stay with theer than theirs”
Then that brief shadow passed, good hu to the hazel eyes “I could i my totem” He flicked his eyes toward his chest, the raven they kneas concealed beneath his shirt “His power ht desert me”
“So her hand up to his nape, she played under his hair as they turned together His hand was low on her back, and she supposed it was clear to anyone watching they were intimate with each other She’d seenwhen they didn’t find any
Bugger them They’re just in a blue because their husbands can’t take their eyes off your bum
“Behave,” she reproved, though her eyes twinkled “You still haven’t told rinned “Maybe it’s fro the sheep relaxed, so she’ll turn in your ar” He took her sain “When the shears run along her fleece, you keep one hand ahead of the blades to pull the skin smooth so you don’t cut her, and so you’ll cut the fleece even I expect that feels like a soothing stroke up a wo her spine “ ’Course, you’re spinning her this way and that on her arse May explain why my first few dance partners didn’t take well to me”
She chuckled “Care to walk on the beach with me after this dance?”
Dev nodded, gave her another stylish spin to ain He liked the sound of it, relaxed and alirlish She stopped at the boardwalk to hold his shoulder and re them tucked in the shadows as they continued down to the shore She’d worn a proper sun-dress tonight, and he liked the way it bared her arms, the flare of the modest skirt that fell to her calves She’d clipped her hair back with a barrette on her shoulders She looked pretty this way, a young wo the beach with a beau
However, despite her attractive but relatively de to most Whether consciously or not, parents had a tendency to move their children to the outside when Danny passed, hurry thelance over their shoulders as if they’d encountered a dangerous lioness who happened to look like the Cinderella of the fairy tales
In contrast, when they went down the stairs to the beach, he auto sure she h she was lithe as a cat in truth and probably could have vaulted down them
They encountered another swagainst the dune He’d collected bits of trash off the beach and created a giant lizard hting the children and Danny She circled it several tiht, with her interest as well as the few dollars she gave him
When another group of children came to see, they etting the hem hile the tide bathed her toes He offered her his hand and she took it, wrapping her fingers in his as they a in companionable silence
“I’ve seen the world’s largest ball of string And the world’s tiniest dollhouse Why do you think people do that? Make things larger, or smaller?”
“Well, the miniature stuff seems easy to understand Your own tiny world”
“It always boils down to control” She sent a smile toward him
“Care for a swi toward the ocean
“No” When he raised an eyebrow at her erimaced “Vampires can’t swim, Dev Our bodiesthere’s no buoyancy We don’t float We can walk along the botto our heads wet” Which explained how cranky she’d been when he’d tossed her into the billabong She snorted “I heard that I was not cranky”
“If you don’t like what you hear in e the radio station” He drew her close enough to brush his jaw across her fair brow Shaking her head at hi the side of her throat,hihtly toward hi to tune in to his channel