08-26-2020, 08:32 PM
His explanation made sense given how she’d had to protect him last night, and she didn’t judge him for it. Neither did it appear to concern her that Li admitted to killing a man he’d thought was a monster. Honestly, it would not have done so even if it hadn’t turned out to have been the dispensation of justice instead of a mistake. Her head canted as if she assessed him anew, but the tilt of her lips suggested it was not much more than tease. She did not offer her own story.
“Then I am glad you did not find yourself pummeled into the ground or gored on one of those pretty horns.” Nhysa laughed and slipped down from her perch. She caught his wrist, snake-strike fast, and twisted, though not ungently. The fingers of her other hand traced his skin. “Tell me about this one,” she said. Shadows enthroned the passions of last night, but she’d seen enough to have some idea of the landscape of his scars, including those current hidden beneath his clothes. Her present smirk suggested she was curious about those too, and that if these young ones did not finish their learnings soon, she might yet unravel him like a gift.
“Then I am glad you did not find yourself pummeled into the ground or gored on one of those pretty horns.” Nhysa laughed and slipped down from her perch. She caught his wrist, snake-strike fast, and twisted, though not ungently. The fingers of her other hand traced his skin. “Tell me about this one,” she said. Shadows enthroned the passions of last night, but she’d seen enough to have some idea of the landscape of his scars, including those current hidden beneath his clothes. Her present smirk suggested she was curious about those too, and that if these young ones did not finish their learnings soon, she might yet unravel him like a gift.
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