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The Lunatic Cafe :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 102 из 234I laughed until tears ran down my face, and I was too breathless to speak.
"What's so funny?" He sounded a little indignant.
When I could speak without gasping, I said, "Be afraid of Edward, but never be jealous of him."
The laughter had helped. I felt better, less dirty, less embarrassed, even a little less horrified. I stared up at him. He was still wearing the green sweater that had ended up on my kitchen floor earlier. He looked wonderful. I realized I didn't. In my oversize sweatshirt, complete with bloodstain, jeans, and sneakers, I had lost several notches in the cuteness game. I shook my head. Did it matter? No, I was delaying. I didn't want to go back out there. I didn't want to watch the movie again. I certainly didn't want to sit in the same room with the man I might marry and watch him watch a porno film. Should I spoil the ending?
Would it excite him before it went wrong? I looked at his very human face, and wondered.
"It's lycanthropes and a human in the film."
"They're already for sale?" he said.
It was my turn to look surprised. "You know about the film? You said 'they. There are more of them?"
"Unfortunately," he said. He leaned against the door, sliding down to sit Indian fashion on the floor. If he'd stretched his legs out, there wouldn't have been room for both of us.
"Explain this, Richard."
"It was Raina's idea," he said. "She convinced Marcus to order some of us to participate."
"Did you. ." I couldn't even say it.
He shook his head. Something tight in my chest eased. "Raina tried to get me in front of the cameras. For those that need to hide their identity they use masks. I wouldn't do it."
"Did Marcus order you to?"
"Yes. These damn films are one of the main reasons I started rising in the pack. Everyone higher in the structure could order me around. If Marcus okays it, they can order you to do almost anything, as long as it's not illegal."
"Wait. The films aren't illegal?"
"Bestiality is against the law in some states, but we sort of slip through the cracks on the law."
"Nothing else illegal goes on in these films?" I asked.
He stared up at me. "What's on that film that makes you look so scared?"
"It's a snuff film."
He just stared at me, no change of expression, as if waiting for me to say more. When I didn't, he said, "You cannot be serious."
"I wish I wasn't."
He shook his head. "Even Raina wouldn't do that."
"Raina wasn't in the film as far as I saw.
"What's so funny?" He sounded a little indignant.
When I could speak without gasping, I said, "Be afraid of Edward, but never be jealous of him."
The laughter had helped. I felt better, less dirty, less embarrassed, even a little less horrified. I stared up at him. He was still wearing the green sweater that had ended up on my kitchen floor earlier. He looked wonderful. I realized I didn't. In my oversize sweatshirt, complete with bloodstain, jeans, and sneakers, I had lost several notches in the cuteness game. I shook my head. Did it matter? No, I was delaying. I didn't want to go back out there. I didn't want to watch the movie again. I certainly didn't want to sit in the same room with the man I might marry and watch him watch a porno film. Should I spoil the ending?
Would it excite him before it went wrong? I looked at his very human face, and wondered.
"It's lycanthropes and a human in the film."
"They're already for sale?" he said.
It was my turn to look surprised. "You know about the film? You said 'they. There are more of them?"
"Unfortunately," he said. He leaned against the door, sliding down to sit Indian fashion on the floor. If he'd stretched his legs out, there wouldn't have been room for both of us.
"Explain this, Richard."
"It was Raina's idea," he said. "She convinced Marcus to order some of us to participate."
"Did you. ." I couldn't even say it.
He shook his head. Something tight in my chest eased. "Raina tried to get me in front of the cameras. For those that need to hide their identity they use masks. I wouldn't do it."
"Did Marcus order you to?"
"Yes. These damn films are one of the main reasons I started rising in the pack. Everyone higher in the structure could order me around. If Marcus okays it, they can order you to do almost anything, as long as it's not illegal."
"Wait. The films aren't illegal?"
"Bestiality is against the law in some states, but we sort of slip through the cracks on the law."
"Nothing else illegal goes on in these films?" I asked.
He stared up at me. "What's on that film that makes you look so scared?"
"It's a snuff film."
He just stared at me, no change of expression, as if waiting for me to say more. When I didn't, he said, "You cannot be serious."
"I wish I wasn't."
He shook his head. "Even Raina wouldn't do that."
"Raina wasn't in the film as far as I saw.