Season for Desire
“Outside, the sky dithered between grayness and rain, sleet and more rain. And within, Audrina waited—because now that something had changed, it seemed inevitable that more change would follow.
But for the next three days, nothing did. Long hours were spent in the drawing room, where fires were built up high and Giles sat at a tiny table pretending to work at the puzzle box. Audrina had stopped taking notes on his attempts, because by tacit agreement, his attempts had stopped being serious.
Beca...use once he opened the box—whether it proved empty or not—there would be no reason for them to remain here.
It was just as well that she and Giles had not vowed to ignore their nighttime interlude. Though some of their conversation that night had been awkward, even abrasive, the parts that were not conversation had been very pleasant indeed.
But it was the conversation, especially, that Audrina could not forget.
Maybe it was this that caused the feeling of air still before a storm. Now that Audrina had skipped like a stone over the rings of Saturn, now that she knew Jupiter had moons and that stars came in different shades, England seemed small.MoreLess
But for the next three days, nothing did. Long hours were spent in the drawing room, where fires were built up high and Giles sat at a tiny table pretending to work at the puzzle box. Audrina had stopped taking notes on his attempts, because by tacit agreement, his attempts had stopped being serious.
Beca...use once he opened the box—whether it proved empty or not—there would be no reason for them to remain here.
It was just as well that she and Giles had not vowed to ignore their nighttime interlude. Though some of their conversation that night had been awkward, even abrasive, the parts that were not conversation had been very pleasant indeed.
But it was the conversation, especially, that Audrina could not forget.
Maybe it was this that caused the feeling of air still before a storm. Now that Audrina had skipped like a stone over the rings of Saturn, now that she knew Jupiter had moons and that stars came in different shades, England seemed small.MoreLess
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