NastyaSam: переводы

→“Stay where you are!”
He didn’t know how, but Neferet’s words commanded his body. It felt like he was suddenly wrapped tightly, frozen in place by an invisible cage of ice.
“You impudent boy! You actually think you can defy me?”
Kiss me goodbye
I’m defying gravity …
“Yes,” he said as Kurt’s voice rang around him. “Because I’m on Nyx’s side, not yours. So just let me go, Neferet. I really won’t help you.”

→Jack smiled and threw his arms out wide. “But I’m already living my dream. I’m here, in this beautiful place, with friends who have become my family. What more could anyone want?”
Neferet’s expression hardened. Her voice was stone. “What more could you want? How about dominion over this ‘beautiful place’? Beauty doesn’t last. Friends and family decay. Power is the only thing that goes on forever.”
Jack answered with his gut. “No, love goes on forever.”
Neferet’s laughter was mocking. “Don’t be such a child. I’m offering you much more than love.”

→“I mean if you do a little thing for me, then I’ll do a little thing for you, too. I’ve been away from the House of Night fledglings far too long. Perhaps I’ve lost touch with what makes their hearts beat. You could help me—guide me—show me. In return I would reward you. Think about your dreams, what it is you would want to do with your long life after you Change. I could make your dreams come true.”

→“Nyx?” Jack whispered, awestruck.
Like a veil lifting, the woman was suddenly fully visible. She raised her head and smiled up at Jack, as exquisitely lovely as she was evil.
“Yes, little Jack. You may call me Nyx.”
“Neferet! What are you doing here?” The question burst from him before he could think.

→“It’s okay. He’ll bring you back soon,” Jack said.
“Yep, we’ll see Jack soon, Duch.”
“Hey,” Jack called after the two of them. “I love you two!”
Damien turned, picked up Duchess’s paw, waved it at Jack, and yelled, “We love you, too!” Then they jogged away, Duchess barking excitedly as Damien pretended to chase her.

→“Hey, sometimes I like you hot and sweaty,” Jack said, smiling up at him.
“Then maybe I won’t take a shower afterward,” Damien said.
“Maybe that’s a really good idea,” Jack said.
“Or maybe you should take the shower with me.”
Jack’s grin widened. “Now that’s more than maybe a really good idea.”

→It was Jack’s turn to laugh. “No. You’re not even good at present wrapping, so I’m guessing origami is not one of your many talents. But I could use your help with something else.” Jack shot Duchess a pointed look, then leaned closer to Damien and whispered into his ear. “You could take Duch for a walk. She won’t leave me alone and she keeps messing up my paper.”