Dragon's Bait
“No telling, from that bland expression, if he'd turned a moment before she had, or if he'd been watching all along. Warmth flooded her cheeks, from anger and embarrassment. The suspicion that he could see her blush, even in the dim predawn light, made her angrier yet and even more embarrassed. He sat too close to her, but perched on the top of the haystack, she had nowhere to go. She lowered her gaze to avoid his face. Except for the color of the eyes, everything was just too right.
And nothing... was right at all.
She concentrated on her anger, to give her voice the bite it needed. "That's very rude, you know." For a long moment he said nothing, as though in the interim he'd forgotten how to speak. Finally he said, "What is?" "Watching me get dressed. People don't do that." "Don't they?" he asked with just enough balance between polite inquiry and irony to show that he knew the truth of it.
"Nice people don't." He looked momentarily startled, as though taken aback that she could have ever confused him with someone who could be nice.MoreLess
And nothing... was right at all.
She concentrated on her anger, to give her voice the bite it needed. "That's very rude, you know." For a long moment he said nothing, as though in the interim he'd forgotten how to speak. Finally he said, "What is?" "Watching me get dressed. People don't do that." "Don't they?" he asked with just enough balance between polite inquiry and irony to show that he knew the truth of it.
"Nice people don't." He looked momentarily startled, as though taken aback that she could have ever confused him with someone who could be nice.MoreLess
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