Ghost Ship
“You look charming.”
She turned carefully, minding the long hem, and bowed to Boss Conrad, her cousin Pat Rin, Quin’s father. He smiled and bowed back, utterly at ease in his pretty ruffled shirt and tight black pants. The ballroom lights struck glints of red from the depths of his dark hair.
“We have been so hectic down in the city that I have not yet made the two of you known to each other.”
The lady he brought forward was dressed in what appeared to be a quantity of diaphanous scarves pattern...ed in bronze and green, draped in a way that bared shapely brown shoulders.
“Theo, here is Inas Bhar, called Natesa, who does me the very great honor of sharing her life. Natesa, here is Uncle Daav’s daughter, of whom I told you, my cousin Theo Waitley.”
“Theo Waitley, I am very pleased to meet you.” Her bow was sweet; her voice low and supple.
Okay, this was Quin’s “foster-mother,” as he had it, and seemed more than a little nervous about sharing a house with her.
Theo could see why he was worried—hadn’t she given herself a headache and a stomachache, too, worrying that Kamele might take an onagrata in Father’s place?MoreLess
She turned carefully, minding the long hem, and bowed to Boss Conrad, her cousin Pat Rin, Quin’s father. He smiled and bowed back, utterly at ease in his pretty ruffled shirt and tight black pants. The ballroom lights struck glints of red from the depths of his dark hair.
“We have been so hectic down in the city that I have not yet made the two of you known to each other.”
The lady he brought forward was dressed in what appeared to be a quantity of diaphanous scarves pattern...ed in bronze and green, draped in a way that bared shapely brown shoulders.
“Theo, here is Inas Bhar, called Natesa, who does me the very great honor of sharing her life. Natesa, here is Uncle Daav’s daughter, of whom I told you, my cousin Theo Waitley.”
“Theo Waitley, I am very pleased to meet you.” Her bow was sweet; her voice low and supple.
Okay, this was Quin’s “foster-mother,” as he had it, and seemed more than a little nervous about sharing a house with her.
Theo could see why he was worried—hadn’t she given herself a headache and a stomachache, too, worrying that Kamele might take an onagrata in Father’s place?MoreLess
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