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.Unless you considered her clearlydisastrous first marriage and the understandable fear ofmore heartbreak. I think she understands that you want her. Hecoughed dryly.He should not be having this conversation.This was really none of his business.But Nasreen turned tohim. But then why? And it was too close to what Cal hadasked.Ray walked to the door, to go home, except he wasaware that he still wouldn t sleep.Not the kind he needed,safe with his mate.Cal s scent on an old towel wasn t goingto work much longer.If only fairies could understand.Nasreen couldn t even understand marriage.He stopped. Why? Sometimes I think she& why would she deny whatwould make us both happy? You should, really. He was not doing this.This wasn twhy he was here. Isn t there anyone else? Why don t youask her? I don t want to frighten her. Of course she wasn tashamed to answer. Why don t you ask Cal?Some Kind of Magic | R.Cooper81Demanding,  Ask him what? would have been a lie, andRay couldn t do that to her.Her eyes were wide and shining.On Cal, the look would have made him suspicious.He knewhe shouldn t say anything to her, because she could tell Cal,but the words came out anyway. He s not the one saying no.Look, I should go.I m glad you re feeling better. I didn t think you d be so nice.And stupid.Ray stopped by the door and jerked back around. Excuse me? She makes me so happy.More than happy.Audreymakes me warm.Being around her is like everything good.Do you know what I mean? Happy?Ray froze.Happy.Ray was starting to think that that word meantsomething to a fairy.Something different than it should.Heswallowed. She makes you that& feel like that?It wasn t his business, but&.He yanked at the knot inhis tie, pulled it loose. Are you around humans a lot? Nasreen shook herhead, but Ray already knew the answer.He rubbed at hisnose, his hot cheeks, then sighed. The thing is, humansdon t look at the world the way you do when&  When yourmate could be anyone, when you live an impossibly longtime. & when you re Fairy. Who didn t exactly makedistinctions between sexes and didn t see why anyone elsewould.It was the person they wanted.Conventions, rules,etiquette only tended to confuse them.It was similar to theway they often would, or wouldn t, wear whatever clothingstruck their fancy.Some Kind of Magic | R.Cooper82He d gone to a fairy parade once when he d been a beatcop, had found it beautiful and confusing and hypnotizing:the music, the bodies spinning around him.He had lookedup once, across the court, to lock gazes with a fairy in apurple tutu, too far away for even Ray s eyes to see muchmore than his small wings and the pure joy in everymovement.The moment had stayed with him for weeksafterward.He cleared his throat. They also don t live&. Nasreen s gaze was so intent onhim. They place such importance on what they do get, andthey fear spending their time hurt and in pain&. I would never hurt her. Does she know that? He stopped at the harshness inhis voice, then coughed and tried to banish it. Look, theFairy are something else.Different from the rest of us.She was giving him a strange look, and Ray was awarethat he d compared himself to the humans, but in thisinstance he felt it right. For them, this, for her& it s probably frightening.Sheneeds to know& what it means& if it s worth it for her torisk so much.Crap.Just&. Penn should really be doingthis.Or Cal, though he didn t want to know what Cal wouldsay.That was a lie.Yes he did.Too much.He wanted to pace.He d never felt so large and out ofplace.But her eyes wouldn t let him move. They also&.It s difficult to think that someone like youwould ever be interested in something that doesn t shine.Surely she knew what he was saying. That you d want herfor that long. He growled, then bit it off.His face wasSome Kind of Magic | R.Cooper83burning.Nasreen only stared at him for a few momentslonger. They don t see things as we do, she said again, almostsadly, but this time when her eyes sparkled Ray thought itwas for him. You they see too much with their eyes.Tome, to us, you shine so much it nearly hurts to look at you.Like fireworks.It s a vision of what you are, what you couldmean to me if I did not burn for someone else.Ray jerked his head up. You don t understand that? She seemed confused.Rayfrowned.If he closed his eyes, Cal smelled like&.Hestraightened. You should explain that to her, if it s true, he said atlast, to get those eyes off him. You matchmaker, she mocked, or teased, he wasn treally sure, but it didn t matter because then what he wasreally saying seemed to sink in. Oh you are a big softie!There was a brief moment of silence, and then a starburst ofglitter and light that left him a little dazed. You think she loves me! Nasreen s lips parted inwonder.Ray shook his head and wrinkled his nose, becausehe didn t think that, he knew it. Should I talk to her? Whatshould I say? Everything.I ll just say everything.She has tobelieve me, right? Fairies don t lie, Ray managed, scratching his nose,and then suddenly Nasreen was on him, fluttering up in theair to kiss his cheeks, her sparkle and scent alarminglyclose. There you are, she told him, amazed. Just like hesaid.If I didn t need Audrey, she promised, pressing onekiss to his mouth, long and sweet.Some Kind of Magic | R [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]