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“Good God, no” Tho, but Dev held Tho “It’s not Danny she wants to know about,” the reat deal about her She wants to know about you Though I’ on around you,” he added “And evenon around her”
“So why does she want to know about me?”
“Lyssa is very fond of Danny She’s worried about her for quite some time Danny is different from other vampires”
“A gentler sort,” Dev reray eyes sobered
“Yes Which shouldn’t be a flaw, but you can’t change the reality in which you live She has no political aspirations, but she’s not willing to have anyone tell her what to do, either Lyssa has hoped, these past few decades, that she would find a servant to help her On the other hand, she believes Danny held off so long in choosing a servant because she was afraid of shortening a servant’s life, if she was killed”
Dev’s back straightened, and he set aside the beer “What the hell does thatshe was still there, safe As well as noting the ripple of her hair, the light smile and delicate movement of her hands as she moved a chess piece
“Itto be in charge, or bon If she does neither, she’s in no-man’s-land, and she will die there Danny has traveled extensively, refusing to swear loyalty to anyone Cut herself loose fro-out with her mother I suspect you don’t understand what a miracle that is, or how that makes her such a desirable feather in the cap to others If you carry a death wish, Devlin, you couldn’t have picked a prettier one” Dev stared at hi her do anything she doesn’t want to do”
“Your lady has spoken very warmly of you I understand why” Thomas tapped his temple at Dev’s surprised look “When she chooses, my lady Lyssa can allow me to hear their conversations”
“While mine won’t speak to me at all,” Dev said, despite hi wall between us these past couple days”
“She’s chosen to avoid having a full servant for nearly two hundred years I’d say what’s remarkable is that she’s let you in at all, not that she has a few days here or there where she keeps her own counsel She’s likely dealing with the way she feels for you It’s difficult for vaure out the relationship, the first time they have it It’s much like a crush, very passionate and romantic
That’s nor it’ssome distance to prove to herself she’s still in control is as natural as any of it”
It all sounded rational And annoying Dev picked up his beer, took another hard swig
“Pay attention to my words now, because you won’t hear them from a vampire” Thomas reached out, took the beer from his hand and set it aside Anyone else, Dev would have thumped in the teeth for that, but Thoentle rebuke and obedience only a priest could Even sitting there without a stitch on his knackers
“She’s your Mistress Your employer,” Thoistered Dev’s discomfort
“How , e all know they are another? The human servant is the cornerstone, Dev, when a vampire allows the relationship to be what it should be If you are the person meant to serve that role, you already feel it That’s why you get uneasy when she shuts you out If you both decide the bond is perrows, she’ll do that less and less But vampires are not humans They’ll never feel the same responsibility to ease our worries as we do for them”
“I guess I should countI’ll face today,” Dev said after a bit “I orried this would be another thing like that dinner with Ruskin But you’re a monk, and now that I know Alistair’s servant” He stopped “He doesn’t s now, does he?”