Tall and lithe, her movements are unhurried, each step declaring the self-satisfied ease of the congenitally beautiful. Her low cut dress displays a f...ull cleavage that draws Helen's eyes to the rise and fall of her self-satisfied breasts. Hair shoulder length and coiffured to perfection, ethereal and argent. Her cute snub-nose is a relic of childhood made cruel in maturity by sensual, over-ripe lips.Helen summons all her reserves of courage, wills herself not to flee. Closer now, the girl gives. That’s one pick you wasted. Or maybe two or three, depending on what the others decide. Do you see why you need to be careful? You only get eight.”“I didn’t know that, but the First had eight runes. Well, four runes and four scars.”“He’s lost a few over the years.” Yelena looked down. “Don’t ever ask him about them.”“I won’t.”“Do you think Jakar might know Razai?” Venni asked Yelena.“Jakar?” Corec said.“He’s one of my bondmates,” Yelena said. “He keeps some contacts among the demonborn in. This could be interesting.”Brockport turned to Kelly. “You, too.” Kelly shrugged and forked over a dollar, also. He said, “This just makes everything nice and legal - and privileged. I’ll explain that in a minute.”“Are you my lawyer, too?” I asked Marcy.She smiled and shook her head. “No, I’m your publicist. However, since there is no publicist-client privilege - pity - I will be hired through King&Spalding. I’ve worked with Anderson before.”“My publicist?” I stared at the others, including. The two words are close relations, indeed. But the former is the evil step-sister of the latter. Envy is when you want something you lack but which someone else has. Jealousy is when you want that very thing that someone else has for the sheer joy of depriving them as much as gaining it for yourself. When that 'something' is a 'someone', jealousy becomes bitter and dark. You can't spell jealousy without 'lousy'; and that's how a jealous person feels until they can make the subject / object of.