"I ought to leave you in them, though I am not keen on traveling to Paris," I said, frowning. I worked the knots loose, muttering, "I will not ask how you got into this in the first place." Because I did not ask, she did not tell. Once freed, she massaged her wrists, then kissed me sweetly on the cheek and went to a shadowed corner of the car. She returned in her walking dress, carrying a portmanteau; into this, she placed the steamdroid, after having casually wiped the baton with the hem of her dress.
"Yes?" she asked, looking up at me boldly, because I stared.
I shook my head, speechless. "I love you," was the only thing I could think of to say.
She rose to meet me and pressed her lips against mine. "I love you, too," she purred, her mouth close to mine.
We doused the lamp and left it, with the rope and the bouquet of violets, in the car. We tumbled from the train, and I had the distinct pleasure of carrying that portmanteau with the droid for an hour and half all the way home.
Falling into bed with her that night, exhausted, sore, and inexplicably content, I can't say that I regretted the whole affair. No, I can't say that at all.
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About the author:
Christine Danse is a native Floridian, a rather rare species of hominid with an aversion to the sun and a love of air conditioning. She has been writing stories of fantasy and the paranormal since she was old enough to hold a pen, and she has been telling them even longer. She is particularly fond of shape-shifters and strange steampunk, although she has yet to write a story that involves both. (The excitement might cause her to spontaneously combust.) She lives in Ft. Lauderdale with her dog, Bait; her best friend, Rhianna; and the two talking cats from whom they rent.
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