Familiar by Roseau Robin

Author:Roseau, Robin [Roseau, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Robin Roseau
Published: 2013-08-18T04:00:00+00:00

Household

Arianna had grown increasingly withdrawn as she told me her story. When she finished, she allowed me to pull her into my arms. I held her for a while before she asked me if I were horrified to know some of the things she had done.

"Kiss me, Arianna," I told her. "Kiss me and feel my love for you."

And she did. It was not a passionate kiss. But it was sweet, with a hint of hunger. When we separated, she smiled weakly at me.

"If I had to do it all over again to meet you, I would," she said. "When Josephine discovers I found you here, she is going to be livid with herself."

"Is she a danger to us?"

"If I break her rules, she will take us both and spend a great long time killing us. But otherwise, no. However, I must be very, very careful how I travel, once my banishment is lifted. I do not dare do so much as fly over the tiniest corner of Georgia. I don't even eat Georgia peaches."

I laughed.

"I am serious. She could use it as an excuse. And Moira, you should assume that any rules that apply to me apply to you. She may not know if you leave Wisconsin, but she could be having us both watched. Similarly, you must never set foot in Georgia."

"Where is Kotzebue?"

"It's on the western coast of Alaska, north of Nome, north of the Arctic Circle."

"Wow," I said. "Harsh."

"She wanted my money. And frankly, I needed the wake up call." Arianna paused. "And I'll say it again. It all led me to finding you."

"Yes, it's been a long time since you've had a familiar."

Arianna stroked my cheek. "Familiar or not, Moira."

"I love you too," I told her. Except she hadn't actually told me she loved me, and I knew she didn't. I felt a shadow cross my face for a moment, but then I kissed her again, chasing it away. She may not love me, but the year with her hadn't been like I thought it would be. She hadn't made me do anything evil, and she treated me well, if a bit autocratic. I could deal with that.

"My turn to tell a story?" I asked.

"Please," she said. "But perhaps more wine first?"

* * * *

Arianna didn't figure out what "W" meant on the calendar. I told her that if she didn't figure it out by one week previously, she owed me a 24-hour orgasm.

She laughed. "I could do it, you know."

"Yeah, right."

She narrowed her eyes. "Do you doubt my word?"

"You have given me a long series of individual orgasms," I told her. "But none that has by itself lasted an extraordinarily long time."

"Take your clothes off," she ordered.

"Arianna-"

"No talking," she ordered. "Take your clothes off, right now."

I immediately began pulling off my clothing, unable to talk to protest. We were in the living room at the time, about to watch a movie.

"Pick a movie and put it on," she said.

I selected one of the movies and inserted it into the player.

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