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The Harlequin :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 317 из 330«He's nothere yet.»
«Who isn't here?» Remus asked.
Edward and Olaf's guns fired, and darkness swallowed the world, black, moonless night. «Shit,» Haven breathed.
They both moved in closer to me. I put my free hand on Remus's shoulder so I'd know where he was. I moved my leg to brush against Haven's, but his free hand found my back. At least we wouldn't shoot each other. We stood, pressed close in the utter dark, guns out, but nothing to see. How do you shoot if you can't see what you're shooting at?
Edward yelled, «Anita, can you hear me? We've got blood on the wall, but we can't see what we hit.»
I yelled back, «I hear you.»
«We're coming,» he said.
I don't know what I would have yelled back, Come, Don't come , because Remus said, «Wolf.»
Haven said, «Close.»
There was a wet, thick sound, almost soft, like a knife being pulled out of flesh. If I hadn't been straining my ears like a son of a bitch, I might not have heard. But it would have been okay, because Remus and Haven turned like one person, and moved me with them, almost like you move a partner on the dance floor. We fired into that sound, that smell of bitter wolf. We fired until it hit us back.
«Claws,» Haven yelled.
Remus was suddenly standing in front of me, enfolding me with his body. I felt him jerk, hard. I yelled, «Haven!»
«Anita,» he yelled, and he was still on my right. I put my gun around Remus's body and fired into the body on the other side of Remus. I fired until my gun clicked empty. But Haven was there now, his gun shooting into what was on the other side of Remus. Remus's body jerked, and for a moment I thought Haven had shot Remus by accident, then I heard a sound, a ripping, meaty, wet, horrible sound. Bones cracked, and Remus screamed. Liquid ran hot across my skin. I screamed. Claws grabbed at my shirt. I drew a knife, because it was all I had left. A claw cut across my breast. I cut the claw back. Remus's arms had tightened around me, pressing me into the claws. I couldn't see what was happening, and what I was feeling made no sense. Where the hell was the claw coming from?
Haven wasn't touching me anymore. I heard fighting. «Get away, Anita, get away from him,» Haven said.
«Get away from who?» I asked. I stabbed the claw that wasn't Remus. I cut it up, but it cut me up, too. I screamed more in frustration than anything. Remus whispered, «I'm sorry.» His arms slid away from me and his knees buckled, but he didn't fall.
«Who isn't here?» Remus asked.
Edward and Olaf's guns fired, and darkness swallowed the world, black, moonless night. «Shit,» Haven breathed.
They both moved in closer to me. I put my free hand on Remus's shoulder so I'd know where he was. I moved my leg to brush against Haven's, but his free hand found my back. At least we wouldn't shoot each other. We stood, pressed close in the utter dark, guns out, but nothing to see. How do you shoot if you can't see what you're shooting at?
Edward yelled, «Anita, can you hear me? We've got blood on the wall, but we can't see what we hit.»
I yelled back, «I hear you.»
«We're coming,» he said.
I don't know what I would have yelled back, Come, Don't come , because Remus said, «Wolf.»
Haven said, «Close.»
There was a wet, thick sound, almost soft, like a knife being pulled out of flesh. If I hadn't been straining my ears like a son of a bitch, I might not have heard. But it would have been okay, because Remus and Haven turned like one person, and moved me with them, almost like you move a partner on the dance floor. We fired into that sound, that smell of bitter wolf. We fired until it hit us back.
«Claws,» Haven yelled.
Remus was suddenly standing in front of me, enfolding me with his body. I felt him jerk, hard. I yelled, «Haven!»
«Anita,» he yelled, and he was still on my right. I put my gun around Remus's body and fired into the body on the other side of Remus. I fired until my gun clicked empty. But Haven was there now, his gun shooting into what was on the other side of Remus. Remus's body jerked, and for a moment I thought Haven had shot Remus by accident, then I heard a sound, a ripping, meaty, wet, horrible sound. Bones cracked, and Remus screamed. Liquid ran hot across my skin. I screamed. Claws grabbed at my shirt. I drew a knife, because it was all I had left. A claw cut across my breast. I cut the claw back. Remus's arms had tightened around me, pressing me into the claws. I couldn't see what was happening, and what I was feeling made no sense. Where the hell was the claw coming from?
Haven wasn't touching me anymore. I heard fighting. «Get away, Anita, get away from him,» Haven said.
«Get away from who?» I asked. I stabbed the claw that wasn't Remus. I cut it up, but it cut me up, too. I screamed more in frustration than anything. Remus whispered, «I'm sorry.» His arms slid away from me and his knees buckled, but he didn't fall.