Department 57: Bloody Crystal (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
He enveloped her, and his gentle kiss invaded her slowly, as if she were made of cotton wool. She loved it, but she’d never admitted it to herself before. Men often treated her like she was delicate, but that didn’t mean as much to her as when Rhodri did it. He knew what she was, and he knew she wouldn’t break easily. Yet he still treated her like something precious. She loved that. But he gazed down at her for a moment before he swung away, though he ran his hand down her arm until he found her hand. He threaded his fingers between hers. “Let’s go.” “Where?” “Gareth’s.” She hadn’t known Gareth Tryfanwy. Now she knew why. Perhaps he preferred to keep himself solitary, not to contact other Talents, as she did. Strange to think that another Talent was living so close and she’d never known it. They walked to the next road, crossed it, and passed in front of the big hotel there. The Excalibur. Never full, its heyday had been in the years of Victorian splendor, when holidaymakers had come to ride along the promenade in their best crinolines and frock coats, showing off to their neighbors and friends.
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