The Tenth Power (2005)
The Tenth Power
“His arched tent was made from panels of doubled canvas, his sleeping furs were thick and soft, and he carried fire in a brass pot. Keela lifted a corner of the tarpaulin and peered at the pile of large, strangely shaped silver containers hidden beneath it.
A low, powerful voice sounded behind her. ‘Touch nothing.’ Keela jumped, and let the tarpaulin fall. ‘Darling, you never let me play with your toys! I’m not a child any more, you know. And I’ve been so good. Haven’t I? Don’t you think I deser...ve a little treat?’ She twirled a tendril of golden hair around her finger and gazed at him. Her eyes sparkled blue and her cheeks were flushed. ‘Let me peek in your boxes, just one peek!’ Samis was unmoved.The flames from the campfire flickered over his face: the domed forehead with its thick, springing grey hair; the hooded eyes, intelligent and contemptuous; the beaked nose; the long, ruthless mouth. He wore an iron-grey cloak, the colour of tarnished silver, that hid secret glimmers within its folds.MoreLess
A low, powerful voice sounded behind her. ‘Touch nothing.’ Keela jumped, and let the tarpaulin fall. ‘Darling, you never let me play with your toys! I’m not a child any more, you know. And I’ve been so good. Haven’t I? Don’t you think I deser...ve a little treat?’ She twirled a tendril of golden hair around her finger and gazed at him. Her eyes sparkled blue and her cheeks were flushed. ‘Let me peek in your boxes, just one peek!’ Samis was unmoved.The flames from the campfire flickered over his face: the domed forehead with its thick, springing grey hair; the hooded eyes, intelligent and contemptuous; the beaked nose; the long, ruthless mouth. He wore an iron-grey cloak, the colour of tarnished silver, that hid secret glimmers within its folds.MoreLess
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