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“Having sex? No. Not in our bodies, anyway.”
“Oh, well, as long as we’re not in our bodies.” She rolled her eyes.
“Wine?” August suggested.
“I’ll get it,” Lia said. She didn’t want him drugging it. If she was going to drink, she would be in charge of the pour.
On her way from the bedroom she paused and turned around.
“Do you think I should wash it first? The kylix?”
“What are you going to do?” August asked. “Put it through the dishwasher? It’s one sip.”
She sighed and fetched a new bottle of wine and opened it. He held out the kylix.
“How much?” she asked.
“Just a splash.”
She poured enough for two swallows into the kylix. She set the bottle aside and waited. She expected August to make a joke, say “bottoms up” or something, but he didn’t.
He cradled the kylix in his two large hands and closed his eyes. He murmured something in Greek, something strange and lovely, as strange and lovely as he was.
“What did you pray?”
“I prayed for you. That you would enjoy worshipping with me.”
“Who are we worshipping?” she asked. “Eros?”
“Each other, of course,” he said. Then he sipped from the cup and passed it to her.
She stared at it, suddenly frightened.
“I’ll protect you,” August assured her. “Whatever happens, you’ll be safe.”
Lia took a deep long breath. She drank from the cup.
The wine tasted a little dusty but still sweet and warm and potent. She set the cup carefully on the bedside table.
“Now what do we do?” she asked.
“Kiss me,” August said.
“What?”
“Kiss me. I dare you.”
“What’ll happen when I kiss you?”
“Good things will happen.”
“Like what?” she demanded.
“I’ll put my tongue in your mouth, for starters.”
“And after that?”
“You’ll see,” he said. “If you dare.”
