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The Lunatic Cafe :: Гамильтон Лорел
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"You really don't want toknow," I said.
"Why are we here?" Raina asked again. She wasn't going to be distracted by Mr. Leather. Good for her. Bad for me. Her gaze was intense, as if my face were the most important thing in the world. Was this what Marcus saw in her? A lot of men are very flattered by undivided attention. Then aren't we all?
"Ronnie?"
She got the pictures out of her purse. They were the kind of pictures that didn't need any explanation. George had left his drapes up, very careless.
Gabriel curled back into the seat, flipping through the shots, a big smile on his face. He got to one particular shot, and laughed. "Very impressive."
Raina's reaction was very different. She wasn't amused. She was angry. "You brought us out here to punish him for cheating on Peggy?"
"Not exactly," I said. "We think he is responsible for her disappearance. If he's responsible for one disappearance, he could be responsible for more."
Raina looked at me. The concentration was just as pure but now I had to fight an urge to squirm. Her rage was pure and simple. George had hurt a pack member. He would pay for that. There was no uncertainty in her gaze, only an instant rage.
"Let Ronnie and I do the talking. The two of you are here to intimidate him if we need it."
"If there is any chance he has Jason, we don't have time to be subtle," Raina said.
I agreed with her, but not out loud. "We talk, you stay in the background and look menacing. Unless we ask. Okay?"
"I'm here because Richard asked me," Raina said. "He's an alpha male. I obey his orders."
"Somehow I don't picture you obeying anybody's orders," I said.
She flashed me a very nasty smile. "I obey the orders I want to obey."
That I believed. I jerked a thumb at Gabriel. "Who called in him?"
"I chose him. Gabriel is very good at intimidation."
He was big, leather clad, metal studded, and had sharp, pointy teeth. Yeah, I'd say that was intimidating.
"Your word that you'll stay in the background unless we need you."
"Richard said we are to obey you as we would obey him," Raina said.
"Great. Since you obey Richard only when it suits you, what does that mean?"
Raina laughed. It had a hard, brittle edge to it. The kind of laughter that made you think of mad scientists and people locked too long in solitary. "I will let you handle it, Anita Blake, as long as you are doing a good job. Jason is my pack member. I will not let your squeamishness endanger him."
I was liking this less and less. "I'm not squeamish.
"You really don't want toknow," I said.
"Why are we here?" Raina asked again. She wasn't going to be distracted by Mr. Leather. Good for her. Bad for me. Her gaze was intense, as if my face were the most important thing in the world. Was this what Marcus saw in her? A lot of men are very flattered by undivided attention. Then aren't we all?
"Ronnie?"
She got the pictures out of her purse. They were the kind of pictures that didn't need any explanation. George had left his drapes up, very careless.
Gabriel curled back into the seat, flipping through the shots, a big smile on his face. He got to one particular shot, and laughed. "Very impressive."
Raina's reaction was very different. She wasn't amused. She was angry. "You brought us out here to punish him for cheating on Peggy?"
"Not exactly," I said. "We think he is responsible for her disappearance. If he's responsible for one disappearance, he could be responsible for more."
Raina looked at me. The concentration was just as pure but now I had to fight an urge to squirm. Her rage was pure and simple. George had hurt a pack member. He would pay for that. There was no uncertainty in her gaze, only an instant rage.
"Let Ronnie and I do the talking. The two of you are here to intimidate him if we need it."
"If there is any chance he has Jason, we don't have time to be subtle," Raina said.
I agreed with her, but not out loud. "We talk, you stay in the background and look menacing. Unless we ask. Okay?"
"I'm here because Richard asked me," Raina said. "He's an alpha male. I obey his orders."
"Somehow I don't picture you obeying anybody's orders," I said.
She flashed me a very nasty smile. "I obey the orders I want to obey."
That I believed. I jerked a thumb at Gabriel. "Who called in him?"
"I chose him. Gabriel is very good at intimidation."
He was big, leather clad, metal studded, and had sharp, pointy teeth. Yeah, I'd say that was intimidating.
"Your word that you'll stay in the background unless we need you."
"Richard said we are to obey you as we would obey him," Raina said.
"Great. Since you obey Richard only when it suits you, what does that mean?"
Raina laughed. It had a hard, brittle edge to it. The kind of laughter that made you think of mad scientists and people locked too long in solitary. "I will let you handle it, Anita Blake, as long as you are doing a good job. Jason is my pack member. I will not let your squeamishness endanger him."
I was liking this less and less. "I'm not squeamish.