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The Harlequin :: Гамильтон Лорел
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«How bad is it?»
«Bad, but I think it is not our bad. I believe Malcolm will come to vampire justice for his crimes, whether we do it or not.»
«So whatever, or whoever, this is, is hunting Malcolm?»
«Perhaps. It is certainly he and his congregation that have the attention.»
«Would whoever this is really frame Malcolm's people and set up me and the other vamp executioners to do their dirty work?»
«Perhaps. This legal status is very new. I know some of the older levels of vampire politics are puzzled by it. Perhaps some decided to use it to their own advantage.»
«I had a case of that just two months ago, where one vamp framed another for a murder of a woman. I don't want to kill someone who's innocent.»
«Is any vampire truly innocent?»
«Don't give me that fundamentalist shit, Jean-Claude.»
«We are monsters, ma petite . You know that I believe that.»
«Yeah, but you don't want us to go back to the bad ol' days and have it be open season on you guys.»
«No, I do not want that.» There was something in the dry tone of his voice.
«You're shielding so hard, I can't tell what you're feeling. You only shield this hard when you're scared, really scared.»
«I am afraid that you will pick from my mind what I am forbidden to tell you. There is no, how do you say, fudging, on this… rule of law for us. If you learned this secret even in my mind, by accident, it might be grounds to slaughter both of us.»
«What the hell is this secret?»
«I have told you all I can.»
«Do I need to sleep at the Circus of the Damned with you tonight? Do we need to circle the wagons?»
He was quiet again, then finally said, «No, no.»
«You don't sound sure.»
«I think it would be a very bad thing for you to sleep with me tonight, ma petite . Sex and dreams are the times when shields drop, and you might learn what we cannot afford for you to know.»
«Are you saying that I'm not going to see you until this is resolved?»
«No, no, ma petite , but not tonight. I will think about our situation and decide a course of action by tomorrow night.»
«Course of action? What are the possibilities?»
«I dare not say.»
«Damn it, Jean-Claude, talk to me.» I was a little angry, but the tight feeling in my stomach was mostly fear.
«If all goes well, you will never learn this secret.
«How bad is it?»
«Bad, but I think it is not our bad. I believe Malcolm will come to vampire justice for his crimes, whether we do it or not.»
«So whatever, or whoever, this is, is hunting Malcolm?»
«Perhaps. It is certainly he and his congregation that have the attention.»
«Would whoever this is really frame Malcolm's people and set up me and the other vamp executioners to do their dirty work?»
«Perhaps. This legal status is very new. I know some of the older levels of vampire politics are puzzled by it. Perhaps some decided to use it to their own advantage.»
«I had a case of that just two months ago, where one vamp framed another for a murder of a woman. I don't want to kill someone who's innocent.»
«Is any vampire truly innocent?»
«Don't give me that fundamentalist shit, Jean-Claude.»
«We are monsters, ma petite . You know that I believe that.»
«Yeah, but you don't want us to go back to the bad ol' days and have it be open season on you guys.»
«No, I do not want that.» There was something in the dry tone of his voice.
«You're shielding so hard, I can't tell what you're feeling. You only shield this hard when you're scared, really scared.»
«I am afraid that you will pick from my mind what I am forbidden to tell you. There is no, how do you say, fudging, on this… rule of law for us. If you learned this secret even in my mind, by accident, it might be grounds to slaughter both of us.»
«What the hell is this secret?»
«I have told you all I can.»
«Do I need to sleep at the Circus of the Damned with you tonight? Do we need to circle the wagons?»
He was quiet again, then finally said, «No, no.»
«You don't sound sure.»
«I think it would be a very bad thing for you to sleep with me tonight, ma petite . Sex and dreams are the times when shields drop, and you might learn what we cannot afford for you to know.»
«Are you saying that I'm not going to see you until this is resolved?»
«No, no, ma petite , but not tonight. I will think about our situation and decide a course of action by tomorrow night.»
«Course of action? What are the possibilities?»
«I dare not say.»
«Damn it, Jean-Claude, talk to me.» I was a little angry, but the tight feeling in my stomach was mostly fear.
«If all goes well, you will never learn this secret.