JК
Guilty Pleasures :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 116 из 205If Phillip came near me again, Iwas going to hurt him. Of course, knowing Phillip, he'd probably enjoy it.
27
Madge stopped us in the hall. Her hand started to go up to my throat. I grabbed her wrist. “Touchy, touchy,” she said. “Didn't you like it? Don't tell me you've been with Phillip a month and he hasn't tasted you before?”
She pulled down the silky bra to expose the upper mound of her breast. There was a perfect set of bite marks in the pale flesh. “It's Phillip's trademark, didn't you know?”
“No,” I said. I pushed past her and started to turn into the living room. A man I did not know fell at my feet. Crystal was on top of him, pinning him to the floor. He looked young and a little frightened. His eyes looked up past Crystal, to me. I thought he was going to ask for help, but she kissed him, sloppy and deep, like she was drinking him from the mouth down. His hands began to lift the silk folds of her skirt. Her thighs were incredibly white, like beached whales.
I turned abruptly and went for the door. My heels made an important-sounding clack on the hardwood floor. If I hadn't known better, I would have said it sounded like I was running. I was not running. I was just walking very fast.
Phillip caught up with me at the door. His hand pressed flat against it to keep me from opening it. I took a deep, steadying breath. I would not lose my temper, not yet.
“I'm sorry, Anita, but it's better this way. You're safe now, from the humans.”
I looked up at him and shook my head. “You just don't get it. I need some air, Phillip. I'm not leaving for the night, if that's what you're afraid of.”
“I'll go out with you.”
“No. That would defeat the purpose, Phillip. Since you are one of the things I want to get away from.”
He stepped back then, hand at his side. His eyes shut down, guarded, hiding. Why had that hurt his feelings? I didn't know, and I didn't want to know.
I opened the door, and the heat fell around me like fur.
“It's dark,” he said. “They'll be here soon. I can't help you if I'm not with you.”
I stepped close to him and said in a near whisper, “Let's be honest, Phillip. I'm a whole lot better at protecting myself than you are. The first vampire that crooks its finger will have you for lunch.”
His face started to crumble, and I didn't want to see it. “Dammit, Phillip, pull yourself together.” I walked out onto the trellis-covered porch and resisted an urge to slam the door behind me. That would have been childish.
27
Madge stopped us in the hall. Her hand started to go up to my throat. I grabbed her wrist. “Touchy, touchy,” she said. “Didn't you like it? Don't tell me you've been with Phillip a month and he hasn't tasted you before?”
She pulled down the silky bra to expose the upper mound of her breast. There was a perfect set of bite marks in the pale flesh. “It's Phillip's trademark, didn't you know?”
“No,” I said. I pushed past her and started to turn into the living room. A man I did not know fell at my feet. Crystal was on top of him, pinning him to the floor. He looked young and a little frightened. His eyes looked up past Crystal, to me. I thought he was going to ask for help, but she kissed him, sloppy and deep, like she was drinking him from the mouth down. His hands began to lift the silk folds of her skirt. Her thighs were incredibly white, like beached whales.
I turned abruptly and went for the door. My heels made an important-sounding clack on the hardwood floor. If I hadn't known better, I would have said it sounded like I was running. I was not running. I was just walking very fast.
Phillip caught up with me at the door. His hand pressed flat against it to keep me from opening it. I took a deep, steadying breath. I would not lose my temper, not yet.
“I'm sorry, Anita, but it's better this way. You're safe now, from the humans.”
I looked up at him and shook my head. “You just don't get it. I need some air, Phillip. I'm not leaving for the night, if that's what you're afraid of.”
“I'll go out with you.”
“No. That would defeat the purpose, Phillip. Since you are one of the things I want to get away from.”
He stepped back then, hand at his side. His eyes shut down, guarded, hiding. Why had that hurt his feelings? I didn't know, and I didn't want to know.
I opened the door, and the heat fell around me like fur.
“It's dark,” he said. “They'll be here soon. I can't help you if I'm not with you.”
I stepped close to him and said in a near whisper, “Let's be honest, Phillip. I'm a whole lot better at protecting myself than you are. The first vampire that crooks its finger will have you for lunch.”
His face started to crumble, and I didn't want to see it. “Dammit, Phillip, pull yourself together.” I walked out onto the trellis-covered porch and resisted an urge to slam the door behind me. That would have been childish.