【战锤40k同人作品翻译】 Ennui 第二十八章:异端 Heresy(9)
“It does,” she replied. “But they are far less comfortable and significantly less… roomy.”
“Then we are fortunate,” I traced my fingers along her bare cheeks, and relished her little shiver, “that I need very little room to tend to you, Cre’yth.”
“As lovely as that sounds, ‘Rae…” Alessa trailed off and sighed. “Please follow my lead in this, my love,” she raised a hand and pressed it to my cheek gently. “They will want you dead, purged and burned, and I do not wish to give them any excuse to do so because if we do they will take it.”
“I know,” I said. “I trust you, Alessa.”
“No pressure then?” She asked with a wan little smile.
“None at all.” I leaned in and playfully pecked a kiss onto her nose. “Now, how shall we play this?”
Alessandra’s features hardened to something like steel, and I found I did not dislike the look of determination she wore. There was something quite charming about it, and something evocative, too.
“The Imperium is a straight-thrust blade,” she declared, “and we must be the same… there can be no machinations, no hint of subterfuge, and no ‘Eldar trickery’, which means I must have full control over this.”
“Then we are fortunate,” I traced my fingers along her bare cheeks, and relished her little shiver, “that I need very little room to tend to you, Cre’yth.”
“As lovely as that sounds, ‘Rae…” Alessa trailed off and sighed. “Please follow my lead in this, my love,” she raised a hand and pressed it to my cheek gently. “They will want you dead, purged and burned, and I do not wish to give them any excuse to do so because if we do they will take it.”
“I know,” I said. “I trust you, Alessa.”
“No pressure then?” She asked with a wan little smile.
“None at all.” I leaned in and playfully pecked a kiss onto her nose. “Now, how shall we play this?”
Alessandra’s features hardened to something like steel, and I found I did not dislike the look of determination she wore. There was something quite charming about it, and something evocative, too.
“The Imperium is a straight-thrust blade,” she declared, “and we must be the same… there can be no machinations, no hint of subterfuge, and no ‘Eldar trickery’, which means I must have full control over this.”