"Mercedes Lackey & Ellen Guon - Knights of Ghosts and Shadows" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

managed to get her cooled down, they'd always talked it
out. Not this time. She hadn't given him a chance to get a
single word in. He still didn't know what he'd doneтАФbut
he'd sure stepped over the line somehow. And it started
here, with the Faire.

Like he'd said to Beth, the Faire in particular and
busking in general.

What's wrong with being a traveling musician? he asked

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himself angrily. What's so important about having a mun-
dane job? Shit, I'd rather die. I get by just fine. 1 did
great before I got to LA., I'm doing all right now, and I'll
do okay when I move someplace else. If she wanted a CPA,
she should have moved in with one.

He pummeled his memory, trying to remember exactly
when she'd Brst put up the storm warnings. Okay, she was
getting zoned, and I showed her the campтАФthat's when
she just came out and asked me how long I planned on
keeping this gig going. And how long 1 planned on staying
in LA. with her.

So I told her.

Damn. What did she expect me to do, lie to her? It's not
like I wouldn't be coming back eventually. Why does she
want a leash on me? What would she have that she doesn't

have now?

He kicked at a comer of the stage, and checked for
"travelers" before venturing out into public pathways. Just
what I need right now, a bunch of customers wanting to
hear me play "Creensleeves" for the millionth time.

He ducked through the burlap doorway, and into the
dusty Faire "street."

I thought she'd figured out I don't like being pinned
down, like the way my parents managed to pin me down
for so many years. I've had my fill of being tied hand and
foot, like a poor little lamb about to get his throat slit.
Sacrificed on the altar of Great Art. Bullshit. No more.

1 wonder if she's heading straight home to clear out her
half of the apartment? Or are we going through this all