Unbound Anthology - Ley Line Drifter by Kim Harrison

Author:Kim Harrison [Harrison, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-04T00:04:02+00:00

, Life is random, JJ!’ Solange was suddenly on her feet, too, standing in the middle of the slab like a pissed-off sacrifice. ,The stars and skies are the only things that make sense, don’t you see? They’re impermeable. They’re forever.

The light gets all the attention, but the dark matter is the glue of our Universe.’

,Would you quit with all the ‘dark matter’ shit? They’re just words someone used to describe something unknown. That’s all. Fuck.’

Her eyes followed the way he rubbed his hands over his head, and he stopped.

She huffed. ,People like to label things they don’t understand.’

,Like Light and Shadow?’

,Like love.’

His turn to huff. , You’re going to talk to me of love?’

She lifted her chin. ,Don’t look so outraged. You enjoyed our time together.

Remember, I’ve seen the way you look at me when you’re buried deep. You like it.’

,I don’t like you.’

,But you love me.’

He didn’t say anything.

,And there’s your ‘tell.’ You’re actually quite incapable of a lie, JJ.’

,Moral pinnings aren’t weaknesses.’

,Sure they are. They make you predictable.’

He thought about that, took a step forward. ,You love me, too.’

Her turn to fall silent now, but she didn’t move back.

,It means you can change<if you choose to.’ And the thought fueled the first flush of excitement he’d felt in months. How sick was that?

,No,’ she ultimately whispered. Her dark eyes were buried into his as she looked up. ,I no more want to be you than you want to be me. You forgot that, even though I warned you.’

,So what now? You’re warning me again?’

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