12-31-2017, 08:52 AM
Alex laughed at his words. Shoplifting birds. She never had to shoplift, it was easy enough to talk her way out of anything if she let herself go. As if it had reminded her Alex ran her fingers through the back of Ivan's hair and let her emotions go. She could read him easily enough without her gift, but it was so much more fun to do it.
She knew she was a little more than tipsy when she let herself free of her constraints but that also meant she didn't care. Unlike her father and Atharim half sister she couldn't control anyone. A fleeting thought for her father passed quickly as she felt her dance partners emotions.
She gave him a wry smile and answered his implied question. "I was born in Italy. A small community outside of Rome, until the Atharim came for my father the first time in the form of Atunna Luna - a girl. My father ruined our life and we fled to Rome then to rebuild our life. My sister was born from that reunion. But when I was away at college the Atharim came again. Killed my sister. My father got away, but Chrissy was already dead. I came home then and now I'm here in Moscow."
Alex didn't know why she was telling Ivan that. She didn't want his pity. She wanted to change the subject but her mind was addled with the tequila and her normal rules fled her mind as she laid a soft kiss against his lips.
She knew she was a little more than tipsy when she let herself free of her constraints but that also meant she didn't care. Unlike her father and Atharim half sister she couldn't control anyone. A fleeting thought for her father passed quickly as she felt her dance partners emotions.
She gave him a wry smile and answered his implied question. "I was born in Italy. A small community outside of Rome, until the Atharim came for my father the first time in the form of Atunna Luna - a girl. My father ruined our life and we fled to Rome then to rebuild our life. My sister was born from that reunion. But when I was away at college the Atharim came again. Killed my sister. My father got away, but Chrissy was already dead. I came home then and now I'm here in Moscow."
Alex didn't know why she was telling Ivan that. She didn't want his pity. She wanted to change the subject but her mind was addled with the tequila and her normal rules fled her mind as she laid a soft kiss against his lips.