The Shape-Changer's Wife (2011)
The Shape-Changer's Wife
“But even had Aubrey been absent when Glyrenden returned, the wizard probably would not have noticed: He brought company with him, and all his attention was for her.
His new companion was a shy and frightened young girl Glyrenden called his niece. She was very small and very brown, with large liquid eyes and a dappling of freckles over her nose. She moved with a startled fluidity that was beautiful to watch. The slightest noise made her jump from her chair or tense in her tracks. As she moved fr...om room to room she made her way cautiously from chair to sofa to table, as if taking shelter behind each piece before moving forward again. Glyrenden said she did not know their country’s language, but Aubrey suspected she had no human speech at all.
“We shall call her Eve,” Glyrenden said fondly, running his cold, thin hand lovingly down the silky river of her hair. “Is that not a lovely name, my pet?”
She shivered under his touch but did not move away. Indeed, at all times she fixed her eyes on his face with a strange beseeching intensity whether he was near her or across the room; she never missed a single move he made.MoreLess
His new companion was a shy and frightened young girl Glyrenden called his niece. She was very small and very brown, with large liquid eyes and a dappling of freckles over her nose. She moved with a startled fluidity that was beautiful to watch. The slightest noise made her jump from her chair or tense in her tracks. As she moved fr...om room to room she made her way cautiously from chair to sofa to table, as if taking shelter behind each piece before moving forward again. Glyrenden said she did not know their country’s language, but Aubrey suspected she had no human speech at all.
“We shall call her Eve,” Glyrenden said fondly, running his cold, thin hand lovingly down the silky river of her hair. “Is that not a lovely name, my pet?”
She shivered under his touch but did not move away. Indeed, at all times she fixed her eyes on his face with a strange beseeching intensity whether he was near her or across the room; she never missed a single move he made.MoreLess
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