– Should I kill you now? “Rus shook his brush, and the ice cubes in the glass clinked against the crystal. “Be gentle, do me a favor,” she stretched her leg and touched her toe to Rus’s knees under the table. “You don’t deserve tenderness,” he answered, and I realized that I don’t give a damn I’m tired of this falsehood. “And you show mercy,” she bowed her head and moved the toe of her shoe higher. Rus stood up sharply, and so did I, realizing that the games were over. My heart sank as I looked at my opponent. Beautiful and painfully alien. But for some reason I forget that we can’t... - Dance with me? – he said indifferently and extended his hand, inviting me to delay the inevitable for another moment. And I gratefully grabbed this opportunity...