Maryjanice Davidson Fred The Merma

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.Thatpunch, for example.Didn't it hurt like hell?""It did," Artur said, gingerly pressing the flesh below his eye."We have enough shit to worry about without this weird possessive streak ofyours.If I want all twelve Boston Celtics to put their mouths on me, that's myGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlbusiness and not yours.""Yeah," Thomas added."And you."He leaned away from the tank."If my theories on differences in strengthevolution between bipeds and mermaids are true, I really don't want you to slugme.""You're not helping, either.Both of you, quit with the groping and thekissing." She had never, in her life, had to say such a thing.And she never, inher life, could have imagined the circumstances in which she was saying it."Then there is little for me to do," Artur teased."No, there's a lot.Artur noticed your little toxin problem," she said toThomas."I thought you guys could work together.""Ummmm," Thomas said, eyeing Artur."That's pretty interesting.I's'pose youguys would notice that stuff way before we did.What, you live around here?""No, I live on the other side of the planet.Some of our folk were in the areaand reported what they sensed.When word reached my father the High King, he setme this task.""So the royal palace or coral reef or whatever is in the Black Sea?""Yes.""I wonder why word took so long to ""There are only a million of us on the planet.""Oh.Ah.Hmm.And with the planet being mostly water ""Exactly."Exactly indeed.It explained why Fred had never bumped into another of her kind,though at one point she'd swum along the entire eastern sea shore.Telepathy,Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlshe supposed, could only reach so far."Then how ""You know, I just did this with Jonas not half an hour ago," Fred broke in."Youtwo run along and get acquainted."They both frowned at her."What are you talking about?""The question of my lodging has not yet been settled.""Yeah, but now you have someone new to settle it with."They frowned at each other, then turned their sour expressions back on her.Sheelaborated."Uh& you guys team up, like Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy.Or OwenWilson and everybody.Solve the case.And I'll " Get back to my life, was herthought.Her nice, boring, controlled, uncomplicated life.Why didn't it feel as appealing as it had this morning?"But you have to help us," Thomas said at the exact same moment Artur commanded,"It ill becomes you to set aside your duty.""Aw, no& not both of you at once& "Thus followed a lecture, from both of them at once, about the sanctity of theseas and her duty as a scientist as well as a mermaid and how three heads werebetter than two and how her duty was to her prince and her career, yak-yak,until finally she was almost shouting, "All right, all right, I'll help, justcut it out!"Thomas sat back and smiled."Alrighty then."Artur was also smiling, which wiped Thomas's smile away."Yes, well said.""So it's settled.""Indeed; and well said."Fred briefly toyed with the idea of leaping into the harbor, striking out forthe horizon, and never looking back, not once.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlChapter Seventeen"So here it is," Thomas announced, zipping his key card through the slot andthrowing open the door to the Presidential Suite."It's not home, but it's much.I stole that," he added cheerfully, "from Olivia Goldsmith, God rest her lipo'dsoul."Fred, raised by far-from-poor parents, and Artur, son of royalty, were bothimpressed, and said so.Thomas shrugged."Well, like I said my first day& You remember," he said toFred."I write romance novels.""Of course I remember.It was " She looked at her watch."The day beforeyesterday.""Right.Has it really only been two days?""Tell me about it," she muttered."Well, when I'm running around doing this stuff, I try to pay for my ownlodging.It's not much to me, but sometimes it helps them.You know how thewater programs& "Fred nodded.At Artur's puzzled look, she elaborated."A lot of the programs forwater fellows got their government funding slashed.Or don't have much to beginwith.Not just the water fellow programs, either.Just about every aquarium inGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlthe country depends on private contributions."Artur's mouth thinned."I was not aware, but I am not surprised." In unison,they said, "Bipeds.""Now cut that out," Thomas said, tossing his key card on the eight-foot-longmahogany dining room table."We're not all like that.I'm the one who came outhere to try to fix the toxin problem, remember?""Congratulations," Artur said silkily, wandering around the suite."One out of athousand bipeds maintains awareness that the planet is not yours to ruin."Fred snorted and Thomas said, "Now you're just being mean.Uh, the other bedroomis back there, on your left.There's another bathroom back there, too." As Arturdisappeared from sight, Thomas beckoned.Curious, Fred walked over to him.He put his warm hands on her shoulders, leaneddown and whispered, "There's plenty of room for you, too."She grabbed his hands, ignored his yelp of pain, and wrenched them, off of herbody."Tempting, but no.""Ow ow ow.I meant the couches are all fold outs.""Oh, that's even more tempting.Sleeping on a bar while you two save the world,refreshed from sleeping on queen mattresses.""King.And hey, I didn't want to team up with Aquaman," he growled."That wasyour idea." Then added hastily, "Not that I mind.I've got about a thousandquestions for him.Think he'd let me run an MRI on him?""I doubt it.But go ahead and ask [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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