Darla was not a romantic. Darla was practical, skilled, and cold, a diamond-precise instrument. The only time she was ever the least bit sentimental about anything concerned Angelus; she’d felt unnatural fever the first time she’d seen him, and he continued to keep up with her, to surprise her, in ways that she’d never anticipated.
His decision to turn that lunatic seer, however, left her feeling far from romantic. Darla wished the idiot girl was a kitten, so she could tie the vile, mewling thing up in a pillowslip and toss it into a river. But no; the taking of a life-one of their lives, not a human’s-was a serious matter, and besides, the girl amused Angelus. He was disturbingly proud of his project, and Darla was, after the unsettling completion of his masterpiece, unsure about how he would react if Drusilla suddenly turned up missing. He’d grown more than Darla had realized, and, while under normal circumstances he kept his place, if she openly struck against him, she might not prevail. Her boy
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As you wish, my dear.
Darla was not a romantic. Darla was practical, skilled, and cold, a diamond-precise instrument. The only time she was ever the least bit sentimental about anything concerned Angelus; she’d felt unnatural fever the first time she’d seen him, and he continued to keep up with her, to surprise her, in ways that she’d never anticipated.
His decision to turn that lunatic seer, however, left her feeling far from romantic. Darla wished the idiot girl was a kitten, so she could tie the vile, mewling thing up in a pillowslip and toss it into a river. But no; the taking of a life-one of their lives, not a human’s-was a serious matter, and besides, the girl amused Angelus. He was disturbingly proud of his project, and Darla was, after the unsettling completion of his masterpiece, unsure about how he would react if Drusilla suddenly turned up missing. He’d grown more than Darla had realized, and, while under normal circumstances he kept his place, if she openly struck against him, she might not prevail. Her boy ( ... )
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