Genesis: Falling for the Hybrid is live
Excerpt:
Their waiter came back to the table, interrupting him. He
blinked, almost surprised to realize he wasn’t drowning in a pool of gray.
After he ordered, he came to a quick decision, one he knew he might regret at
some point.
“Would you give the woman at that table,” he pointed the table
out, “give the woman with the black hair, another of whatever she is drinking
on me.” He handed the waiter a tip and sent him on his way.
“What are you doing?” Jaziel asked as he watched the woman
Lucien pointed out. “She’ll be on television tomorrow telling everyone how
you…” He shook his head. “How you did something. I can’t figure out what
motivates them to lie and how each lie is more ridiculous than the one before
it.”
They kept an eye on her, watching as the waiter brought her
another glass before pointing out Lucien. She raised the glass he sent her, and
he raised his water in salute before she took a sip. He smiled when she gave
him a nod of appreciation.
“That’s the way it was meant to be, a male sending a female a
glass of wine without the whole world coming to an end.”
“But it is coming to an end. Look around you,” Jaziel said. They
looked to see people staring at the woman calmly drinking her wine, grinning at
the others.
There was something in her smile that said she was over this.
Lucien appreciated that smile. When their food came, they looked it over before
taking a bite. Humans could be nasty. That was also a lesson learned.
The woman left before they did. He wished he could have asked
after her name but going to talk to her would have painted a bull’s eye in the
middle of her forehead. It was risky sending her a drink.
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