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.Money, magic, land - anything.I wouldn't be here if itwasn't necessary.""Oh, yeah," Alec said scathingly."And just why in the fuck would you think someone who hates your brother and was gladto see the back of him would agree to help his goddamn twin?"Edison gave up, no longer caring that fear and anger made him shake, that his head was throbbing from the ruined glasses,that he was probably going to pass out soon from the exhaustion - and by tomorrow he would be dead, because he was justtoo fucking tired to keep running."Because the Knights in Shining Armor shop down the street was closed due to rusting!"he snarled."Because I've tried every fucking thing else, and I figured it was better to try everything to avoid dying."Yanking open the door, he stumbled into the hallway.Everything was a blur, even though he still wore what was left of hisglasses.He realized he'd finally started crying.Damn it.Then the world gave an uncertain lurch, and the blurry smear of color that was all he could see turned gray.Then it all wentmercifully black.*~*~*"Shut up, dragon."Ignoring Blade's snickering, Alec scowled at the young man currently dead to the world on his couch.file:///H|/NOVEL/New%20novel/The%20Dragon%20Pits.htm[9/25/2009 10:22:03 AM]AmaSour FictionIt was the knight crack that had done it, he conceded reluctantly.That and the tears, he fucking hated to see people cry.Gods, the number of times his sisters had cozened something out of him just by crying&Shaking his head, he moved back to his chair and sat down with a sigh."What in the hell am I going to do?""Protect?" Blade asked.Alec grimaced."Yeah, right." Thomas had a twin brother.Who the fuck knew? Certainly not Alec.Christ, that incidentseemed years ago.At least twelve years now; god he'd been so fucking stupid when he was young.Not that he'd gotten any brighter since.Oh, no, he was still dumb as rocks.Blade growled softly, kneeling to rest his head on Alec's thigh."Love Alec."Alec sighed softly, unable to stay angry in the face of his dragon's unhappiness."I love you too, Blade."Absently petting Blade, soothed by the feel of warm skin and soft hair, the spicy smell that always clung to Blade, he lookedback at the unconscious man on his couch.What the fuck was he supposed to do?He knew the answer even as he asked the question, and damn it didn't that just fucking suck.But he was a man of honor,even if everyone else would say otherwise, and a man did not go back on his word.He had promised Thomas a life for alife.Thomas was dead, which meant that Alec had failed to keep his promise - if unintentionally.If Thomas had a twin, and that twin was begging for help&The man really was Thomas' twin, an exact duplicate&Except not.Now that he wasn't fighting an urge to punch the man's face in, he could pick out differences.For one, his facewasn't as cold as Thomas' had always been.It was softer, lacking the hard edges and lines that came from living adangerous life.The dark brown hair was longer, though the very tips were a shred lighter, holding a hint of wave.Thomas'hair had been military short.And the tears.Thomas wouldn't have been capable of even faking tears - unless maybe he was paid a great deal of moneyto do it, and likely he would have purchased the tears somewhere else and faked it that way.These tears had been real.Alec didn't know much in life, but he knew what real tears looked like.Damn it.What the fuckwas wrong with him? Hadn't he learned the hard and painful way that honor and loyalty and all that shit were things of thepast?His hand tightened unconsciously in Blade's hair as images flickered in his mind, silk sheets and long blonde hair, moansand pleas but-Blade's whimper broke the thoughts off."Sorry," Alec said, immediately bending down to give a kiss of apology.Blade rumbled an acceptance."Good Alec," Blade said firmly."Brother bad.Katherine bad.""Yeah," Alec said, and forcefully shoved the thoughts away."I have you."Blade nodded and kissed him again."Protect?"Alec grimaced and looked again at the man on the couch.Remembered the tears.That damned knight crack.When was hegoing to learn? Obviously not today.Sighing, he nodded."Yeah, we'll protect him.Don't seem to have much of a choice."Laughing, Blade moved away with a last, soft caress."Good Alec." Not bothering to stand, he crawled on all fours to thecouch, sniffing and delicately touching the prone figure stretched out on it.What had the man said his name was? Had hesaid? "Does not smell like Thomas, except in blood."Alec nodded."That's good.""Exhausted," Blade added, touching the man again, a curious dragon exploring the strange new addition to his territory.Ha.Territory.Shame and humiliation washed over Alec for the millionth time.His dragon should have land, a proper home -a proper territory.Instead, because of Alec, all they had was this fucking apartment and just enough money to eke out thefile:///H|/NOVEL/New%20novel/The%20Dragon%20Pits.htm[9/25/2009 10:22:03 AM]AmaSour Fictionpathetic living that was now their life.Someday he'd give Blade a proper territory again, though it would likely never be asgrand as the one he'd lost.Forcing the unhappy thoughts to the back of his mind with the rest, he replied to Blade's comment on the man's exhaustion."He would be, if he managed a charm of protection.Those have killed the people attempting to cast them.It's no damnedwonder he passed out."Blade growled softly and moved to the side of the couch, where the man's jacket was draped over the arm [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]