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. A year after she had retired from the business, they still recognized her.Another girl would have been thrilled. I am Rena.I come to buy, not to sell. I want Gordon. You don t want Gordon. I do. Her Seeing had informed her of the man s nature.It hadn t mat-tered to her until now.He rolled his eyes. Have it your way. He turned his head. Gordon!Rena wants you. The hell she does, Gordon called back. Tell her yourself. Gordon appeared.He was a huge ugly man, massively muscular. Youdon t know me, he said gruffly. I want to hire you to guard me as I travel.You will pose as my man.I llpay you and cover costs. I m trying to tell you I don t want sex.I want to keep the other men off me.You re honestand not for a woman. His mouth fell open. You sure? She brought out her purse. You will handle the money.Pay yourselfwhat you re worth. She put it in his hand.He hefted it, then opened it to peer inside. Lady, you need to hide this.You re carrying gold. Who s going to take it from you? You trust me that far? Yes. He shrugged, amazed. When? Now. I ll get my weapons. Jolie was privately impressed.The girl was efficient, once she decidedon her mission.She had whipped her own formidable feeling into submis-sion.They hired a coach and rode out of town. There is more, Kerena said.They were in the privacy of the passenger chamber.She had not wanted tobe seen departing with him. I figured as much.I know about you; everybody does.But I didn t thinkyou knew about me. Men talk.I listen.I got a notion who was who in this town.I m not surewhether you re a greater oddity because you don t rape, or because you don tsteal.They marvel at your restraint. It s just the way I am.I don t need a woman, and I can earn my keep. You will have to sleep naked beside me, to make it persuasive.On oc-casion I will kiss you in public.I will never demand more of you than that,sexually.But others must know that any sexual approach to me will enrageyou. Got it.That s it? No.I have magic. No offense, ma am, but I don t much believe in magic. Call me Rena.I will show you. She drew the cloak closely about her,romanced it, and invoked invisibility. Find me. Gordon looked.He smiled, thinking she had slipped aside and hidden.He reached to touch the seat where she had been.His hand was balked byher body, which had not moved.His eyes widened.He felt around her, form-ing her outline with his roving hands. That is you, Rena? Yes. Now I believe in magic. She nulled the spell and was visible again. I have other powers.Theyare associated with this cloak.If it should ever be stolen, I would be largelybereft of magic.See that it is never stolen. Got it. Another man might have tried to steal it for himself.This onewould not. And try to see that no one else knows about this. Now I know why you hired me. Why? If you used that magic on your own, you d be known for a witch.Andyou d have to, to protect yourself from rapists and thieves.I can cover foryou. In several respects, she agreed. With luck, there will never be anysuspicion. I don t want to pry, but it would help if I knew where we re going andwhat you re looking for. I am looking for my long lost lover, a Seer named Morely.I do not knowwhere he is, but soon I will invoke my cloak s search utility and orient onhim.It may be a long or difficult quest. Got it. The coach stopped.They were out of town.They got out, and it re-turned they way it had come.More than a short ride in an expensive coachwould have invited suspicion. I will now invoke the cloak. She kissed the velvet. I must wreak theunique, she whispered. Let me speak what I seek. She concentrated onMorely the way she remembered him.The cloak writhed uncomfortably, as if unable to settle.Something waswrong.Could the Fey have misinformed her? Problem? Gordon asked. The cloak seems to be trying, but not orienting. How long since you saw him? Gordon asked. Two years. You must have changed some in that time. From girl to woman, she agreed.Her body had been dawning, withhim; it had achieved full daylight thereafter. Maybe he did too. He was already a grown man. People can change other ways. She considered that. How? Maybe if he got in a fight, and lost a hand, or something. Or something? Sometimes they castrate enemies. She was appalled.If Morely had been tricked, and ambushed, and cutlike that it would account for why he had never returned to her.He wouldbe ashamed. I couldn t face that, she said. Maybe some other way.It can t find him as he was, but maybe can findhim as he is now. She re-invoked the spell, this time focusing on Morely in a broadermanner, allowing for significant change.The cloak rippled, then oriented. It got the fix, she said, gratified. Faintly. Which direction? That way, she said, pointing. Far away? I think so. Then we d better veer a little to pick up inns to stay in for several days,travel. Got it, she said with a smile.They walked [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. A year after she had retired from the business, they still recognized her.Another girl would have been thrilled. I am Rena.I come to buy, not to sell. I want Gordon. You don t want Gordon. I do. Her Seeing had informed her of the man s nature.It hadn t mat-tered to her until now.He rolled his eyes. Have it your way. He turned his head. Gordon!Rena wants you. The hell she does, Gordon called back. Tell her yourself. Gordon appeared.He was a huge ugly man, massively muscular. Youdon t know me, he said gruffly. I want to hire you to guard me as I travel.You will pose as my man.I llpay you and cover costs. I m trying to tell you I don t want sex.I want to keep the other men off me.You re honestand not for a woman. His mouth fell open. You sure? She brought out her purse. You will handle the money.Pay yourselfwhat you re worth. She put it in his hand.He hefted it, then opened it to peer inside. Lady, you need to hide this.You re carrying gold. Who s going to take it from you? You trust me that far? Yes. He shrugged, amazed. When? Now. I ll get my weapons. Jolie was privately impressed.The girl was efficient, once she decidedon her mission.She had whipped her own formidable feeling into submis-sion.They hired a coach and rode out of town. There is more, Kerena said.They were in the privacy of the passenger chamber.She had not wanted tobe seen departing with him. I figured as much.I know about you; everybody does.But I didn t thinkyou knew about me. Men talk.I listen.I got a notion who was who in this town.I m not surewhether you re a greater oddity because you don t rape, or because you don tsteal.They marvel at your restraint. It s just the way I am.I don t need a woman, and I can earn my keep. You will have to sleep naked beside me, to make it persuasive.On oc-casion I will kiss you in public.I will never demand more of you than that,sexually.But others must know that any sexual approach to me will enrageyou. Got it.That s it? No.I have magic. No offense, ma am, but I don t much believe in magic. Call me Rena.I will show you. She drew the cloak closely about her,romanced it, and invoked invisibility. Find me. Gordon looked.He smiled, thinking she had slipped aside and hidden.He reached to touch the seat where she had been.His hand was balked byher body, which had not moved.His eyes widened.He felt around her, form-ing her outline with his roving hands. That is you, Rena? Yes. Now I believe in magic. She nulled the spell and was visible again. I have other powers.Theyare associated with this cloak.If it should ever be stolen, I would be largelybereft of magic.See that it is never stolen. Got it. Another man might have tried to steal it for himself.This onewould not. And try to see that no one else knows about this. Now I know why you hired me. Why? If you used that magic on your own, you d be known for a witch.Andyou d have to, to protect yourself from rapists and thieves.I can cover foryou. In several respects, she agreed. With luck, there will never be anysuspicion. I don t want to pry, but it would help if I knew where we re going andwhat you re looking for. I am looking for my long lost lover, a Seer named Morely.I do not knowwhere he is, but soon I will invoke my cloak s search utility and orient onhim.It may be a long or difficult quest. Got it. The coach stopped.They were out of town.They got out, and it re-turned they way it had come.More than a short ride in an expensive coachwould have invited suspicion. I will now invoke the cloak. She kissed the velvet. I must wreak theunique, she whispered. Let me speak what I seek. She concentrated onMorely the way she remembered him.The cloak writhed uncomfortably, as if unable to settle.Something waswrong.Could the Fey have misinformed her? Problem? Gordon asked. The cloak seems to be trying, but not orienting. How long since you saw him? Gordon asked. Two years. You must have changed some in that time. From girl to woman, she agreed.Her body had been dawning, withhim; it had achieved full daylight thereafter. Maybe he did too. He was already a grown man. People can change other ways. She considered that. How? Maybe if he got in a fight, and lost a hand, or something. Or something? Sometimes they castrate enemies. She was appalled.If Morely had been tricked, and ambushed, and cutlike that it would account for why he had never returned to her.He wouldbe ashamed. I couldn t face that, she said. Maybe some other way.It can t find him as he was, but maybe can findhim as he is now. She re-invoked the spell, this time focusing on Morely in a broadermanner, allowing for significant change.The cloak rippled, then oriented. It got the fix, she said, gratified. Faintly. Which direction? That way, she said, pointing. Far away? I think so. Then we d better veer a little to pick up inns to stay in for several days,travel. Got it, she said with a smile.They walked [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]