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The Lunatic Cafe :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 222 из 234He scowled at me, but it's hard to look tough with Kleenex sticking out of your nose. "I hope you die slow."
"Same to you," I said.
"Kaspar, please," Richard said. "Don't do this. I'll change for you. I'll let you hunt me. Just get Anita out of there."
The men stopped and looked at him.
"Don't help me, Richard."
"I'll give you the best hunt you've ever had." He was pressed against the bars, hands wrapped around them. "You know I can do it, Kaspar. Tell them."
Kaspar looked at him for a long moment. He shook his head. "I think you'd kill them all."
"I'd promise not to."
"Richard, what are you saying?"
He ignored me. "Please, Kaspar."
"You must love her a great deal."
Richard just stared at him.
"No matter what you do, Richard, they're not going to let me go."
He wasn't listening to me.
"Richard!"
"I'm sorry," Kaspar said. "I trust you, Richard, but your beast. . I think your beast isn't so trustworthy."
"Come on, we're wasting time. Garroway doesn't know where to look but he might come up here. Let's give 'em some privacy," Titus said.
They all trooped out after the chubby sheriff. Kaspar was last up the stairs. "I wish it were Gabriel and Raina in the cages. I am sorry about that." The swan man disappeared into the rock tunnel.
"Kaspar, don't leave us like this. Kaspar!" Richard's yells echoed in the cavern. But nothing answered the echoes. We were alone. Scuffling sounds made me whirl. Jason was on his knees again. Something moved behind his pale blue eyes, something monstrous and not friendly at all. I wasn't half as alone as I wanted to be.
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Jason took one crawling step towards me and stopped. "No, no, no." Each word was a low moan. His head fell forward. His yellow hair swept forward not long enough to touch the ground, but thick. He was wearing an oversize blue dress shirt and jeans. Clothes you wouldn't mind ruining if you happened to shapeshift in them.
"Anita," Richard said.
I moved so I could see the other cage, without losing sight of Jason.
Richard was reaching through the bars. One hand stretching out towards me as if he could bridge the space and somehow drag me to him.
Edward crawled to the door and began running hands over the lock. He couldn't really see the lock from inside the cage. He pressed his cheek to the bars and closed his eyes. When you can't use your eyes they become a distraction.
He leaned back and drew a slender leather case from his pocket. He unzipped it to reveal tiny tools.
"Same to you," I said.
"Kaspar, please," Richard said. "Don't do this. I'll change for you. I'll let you hunt me. Just get Anita out of there."
The men stopped and looked at him.
"Don't help me, Richard."
"I'll give you the best hunt you've ever had." He was pressed against the bars, hands wrapped around them. "You know I can do it, Kaspar. Tell them."
Kaspar looked at him for a long moment. He shook his head. "I think you'd kill them all."
"I'd promise not to."
"Richard, what are you saying?"
He ignored me. "Please, Kaspar."
"You must love her a great deal."
Richard just stared at him.
"No matter what you do, Richard, they're not going to let me go."
He wasn't listening to me.
"Richard!"
"I'm sorry," Kaspar said. "I trust you, Richard, but your beast. . I think your beast isn't so trustworthy."
"Come on, we're wasting time. Garroway doesn't know where to look but he might come up here. Let's give 'em some privacy," Titus said.
They all trooped out after the chubby sheriff. Kaspar was last up the stairs. "I wish it were Gabriel and Raina in the cages. I am sorry about that." The swan man disappeared into the rock tunnel.
"Kaspar, don't leave us like this. Kaspar!" Richard's yells echoed in the cavern. But nothing answered the echoes. We were alone. Scuffling sounds made me whirl. Jason was on his knees again. Something moved behind his pale blue eyes, something monstrous and not friendly at all. I wasn't half as alone as I wanted to be.
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Jason took one crawling step towards me and stopped. "No, no, no." Each word was a low moan. His head fell forward. His yellow hair swept forward not long enough to touch the ground, but thick. He was wearing an oversize blue dress shirt and jeans. Clothes you wouldn't mind ruining if you happened to shapeshift in them.
"Anita," Richard said.
I moved so I could see the other cage, without losing sight of Jason.
Richard was reaching through the bars. One hand stretching out towards me as if he could bridge the space and somehow drag me to him.
Edward crawled to the door and began running hands over the lock. He couldn't really see the lock from inside the cage. He pressed his cheek to the bars and closed his eyes. When you can't use your eyes they become a distraction.
He leaned back and drew a slender leather case from his pocket. He unzipped it to reveal tiny tools.