Zhi could have stabbed him. She had enough steel up her sleeves to fill him with numerous bloody holes. And she would have considered it, too, if his jab at her playing diplomat did not give her pause.
Yes, that was right. Though she had been locked back up in her little gilt cage, she was more a representative of her father than she had ever been before. And it meant she had to stop throwing tantrums and setting things aflame when she got pissed.
Zhi took a moment to settle her features into the sort of placid expression her mother managed so effortlessly, then said, "You seem so sure that I would turn you down."
Leaning across the table as if to impart some deep secret, Zhi gave Ren a glimpse down her collar all the way to the hollow of her throat: forbidden territory.
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Date: 2006-11-21 04:19 am (UTC)Yes, that was right. Though she had been locked back up in her little gilt cage, she was more a representative of her father than she had ever been before. And it meant she had to stop throwing tantrums and setting things aflame when she got pissed.
Zhi took a moment to settle her features into the sort of placid expression her mother managed so effortlessly, then said, "You seem so sure that I would turn you down."
Leaning across the table as if to impart some deep secret, Zhi gave Ren a glimpse down her collar all the way to the hollow of her throat: forbidden territory.
"Don't you think you have much to offer a girl?"