Do you know, I always imagine that the subway trains are dragons,' Rose said to Bear as they clung to his coat for support in the swaying car. 'Tearing back and forth across the city in their underground caves, devouring people and spitting them out at random destinations.
Regina DomanI won't get killed,' Rose protested.
Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your word, I'll never believe you again.'
Rose shook her head at him. 'How can you even taste your tea if you put that much sugar in it?'
Don't change the subject. I don't want to be responsible for depriving the world of Rose Brier. Under no circumstances are you allowed to help us do anything more dangerous than...change the oil in my car.
Fish sighed and reached for the hotel phone. 'How do you say, "Bring me steak and eggs or I'll slit your throat" in Italian?' he asked.
Regina DomanBear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.'
'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned.
She remembered that once, when she was a little girl, she had seen a pretty young woman with golden hair down to her knees in a long flowered dress, and had said to her, without thinking, "Are you a princess?" The girl had laughed very kindly at her and asked her what her name was. Blanche remembered going away from her, led by her mother's hand, thinking to herself that the girl really was a princess, but in disguise. And she had resolved that someday, she would dress as though she were a princess in disguise.
Regina DomanOne of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, "The old fairy tales endure forever. The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it is his adventures that are startling; they startle him because he is normal." Discovering that the modern world can still contain the wonder and strangeness of a fairy tale is part of what my novels are about.
Regina DomanTags: books fairy-tales
My skin's too white." she said.
Says who, Snow White?" he said, touching her cheek lightly with one hand.
I'm not afraid," she said defensively.
Now he seemed humored. "Of course. You're not afraid of anything. At least you think you're not. That's why I'm sending you home."
Thank you for your advice." Rose thrust her chin in the air and marched away, not looking back. She was almost sure she heard him laughing softly behind her.
There's something strange about you-" she started to say.
Oh, well, thanks!" he chuckled, his brown eyes twinkling at her.
His eyes gravitated towards the wall-to-wall bookshelf at one end of the room. 'You folks like books, I see.
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