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.Culebra almost smiled, to hear the frustration that slipped into Pruebas's voice.His brother had never gotten along well witheither of his bodyguards - Granito for being too flamboyant, Corinos for being too& bodyguard.Nothing kept Corinos fromdoing his job& and as he too often reminded Culebra, he had very personal reasons for protecting him.Now was not the time to get distracted by those thoughts.He'd made his decision.Of course, not being able to leave the palace was going to make things slightly more difficult.He had been planning to meetthe man who would help him get away at Isabella's old church.They had arranged to meet to finalize everything today."When does my confinement begin? I had planed-""Today of course," Pruebas cut in."Now, if you don't mind, I-""Have better things to do," Culebra interrupted in his turn."Of course.I bid you good day, brother.""That is not what I meant," Pruebas said sternly."It amounts to the same thing." How depressing.He hadn't even gotten a chance to eat.He wasn't terribly hungry anyway."I will see you later," Pruebas said, sounding annoyed& and Culebra thought even weary, but he couldn't say for certain.Heunderstood his brother about as well as he could see him.The door closed with a click, leaving him alone in the sun room.file:///H|/NOVEL/New%20novel/3.htm[9/25/2009 10:25:54 AM] AmaSour FictionHe remembered vaguely when his parents had been in this room.The way his mother laughed at his father's awful jokes&the way they argued over the various matters of court, his father's not so secret love of scandalous gossip& he and Pruebashad not been allowed in here often, as children, and so had enjoyed their few rare visits.Somehow, the warmth of it had died with his parents.All he felt now was a slight chill.Pushing his chair back, Culebraturned slowly and walked in the direction of the door.His hand, when he reached out, landed on cool wood, and he sliddown until his fingers wrapped around the cold metal of the door handle.When he opened, he stopped just outside, and held out a hand that Corinos immediately grasped."Lunch did not go well,Highness?""How could you tell?" Culebra asked.He started to protest the hand that slid around to settle at the small of his back, theway Corinos gently pulled him closer, but in the end remained silent.He didn't, however, relax, or let Corinos pull him too close, leaving them standing awkwardly close in the hallway.It wouldbe so easy, too easy, to just close the remaining space between them and let Corinos hold him&Reminding himself that he was doing all this for Corinos, Culebra pulled away and forced himself to act as he should."Mybrother has confined me to the palace.He has also informed me that my birthday has been cancelled.""What?" Corinos's voice turned sharp, and something in Culebra eased to hear the slight hint of anger, because some partof him had feared that Corinos had something to do with the decisions.His bodyguard was the living definition of thorough -he would do whatever he thought necessary to protect his charge."You didn't know?""Of course I knew of the reports, most of them come to me before they ever reach his Majesty& but I did not suggest suchmeasures, Culebra." That he used his name demonstrated just how stung Corinos was by the question.Wholly without his permission, Culebra's hands reached out to soothe in apology."I know you wouldn't.I'm just& " Utterlymiserable, but he wouldn't say that aloud.It was no one's problem but his own if he wanted to sulk over the fact that hewould not get to enjoy his birthday this year.He'd felt like a prisoner ever since his sight was taken away.Being confined to the palace was not really so awful.He hadCorinos and his snakes, and he would figure out how to adjust his plans to run away.Until then, he could wait and do as hewas told.Calloused fingers brushed across his cheek, and Culebra's breath caught.He pulled away, though it took effort."Don't touchme so, bodyguard.""Culebra& ""Don't," Culebra said tightly."Just don't.""I'm simply supposed to stand by and do nothing while you drown in misery? Why will you not let me-""Because it's a bad idea.""No, it's not," Corinos said softly."You're just too hard on yourself."Culebra said nothing, merely turned and began striding down the hallway
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IndexLumley.Brian. .[Psychomech.03]. .Psychoamok
Jeffries Sabrina Lord 03 Niebezpieczny lord
Coulter Catherine Gwiazda 03 Gwiazda z nefrytu
Łajkowska Anna Wrzosowisko 03 Cienie na wrzosowisku
Coulter Catherine Baron 03 Szalony baron
Fiora 03 Fiora i papież Benzoni Juliette
Marlowe Mia Dotyk 03 Dotyk oszustaS303
06 07. Bronte Charlotte Villette
Chris Bucholz Severance (epub)
de Gaulle Charles Pamiętniki wojenne 1940 1941(1)