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Bloody Bones :: Гамильтон Лорел
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"By killing me."
"Yes."
"What if she'd succeeded?"
"My master had faith in you, Anita. You are death come among us. A breath of mortality."
"Why'd she want the thing freed?" I seemed to be asking that a lot tonight.
"She wishes to taste immortal blood."
"This is all sort of elaborate for a little extra kick in your food."
He gave another rictus grin. "You are what you eat, Anita. Think upon it."
I did, and my eyes widened. "She thinks by drinking immortal blood, she'll be truly immortal?"
"Very good, Anita."
"It won't work," I said.
"We shall see," he said.
"What do you get out it?" I asked.
He cocked his skeletal head to one side, like a decaying bird. "She is my master, and she shares her bounty."
"You want immortality, too?"
"I want power," he said.
Great. "And it doesn't bother you that the thing will kill children? That it's already killed some?"
"We feed, Bloody Bones feeds, what does it matter?"
"And Bloody Bones is going to just let you feed off it?"
"Serephina has found the spell that Magnus's ancestor used. She controls the fairie."
"How?"
He shook his head and smiled. "No more delays, Anita. Drop the gun, or Kissa will taste him before your eyes."
Kissa ran a hand through Jeff's short hair, a caressing gesture. It pushed his head to one side, baring a long smooth line of neck.
"No!" Jeff tried to pull away, and Kissa yanked on his arm hard enough that he cried out.
"I will break the arm, boy," she growled.
The pain held him immobile, but his eyes were wide and terrified. He looked at me. He wouldn't plead, no begging, but his eyes did it for him.
Kissa's lips pulled back from her teeth in a flashy snarl, fangs visible.
"Don't," I said, and hated it. I tossed the.45 to the ground. Larry threw my gun down. Disarmed twice in one night. It was a record even for me.
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"Now what?" I asked.
"Serephina awaits us at the party. She sent suitable clothing for you. You can change in the limousine," Janos said.
"What party?" I asked.
"The one we have come to invite you to. She is delivering Jean-Claude's invitation in person."
That didn't sound good. "I think we'll pass on the party."
"I don't think so," Janos said.
Another vampire stepped out of the trees. It was the brunette that had tormented Jason.
"By killing me."
"Yes."
"What if she'd succeeded?"
"My master had faith in you, Anita. You are death come among us. A breath of mortality."
"Why'd she want the thing freed?" I seemed to be asking that a lot tonight.
"She wishes to taste immortal blood."
"This is all sort of elaborate for a little extra kick in your food."
He gave another rictus grin. "You are what you eat, Anita. Think upon it."
I did, and my eyes widened. "She thinks by drinking immortal blood, she'll be truly immortal?"
"Very good, Anita."
"It won't work," I said.
"We shall see," he said.
"What do you get out it?" I asked.
He cocked his skeletal head to one side, like a decaying bird. "She is my master, and she shares her bounty."
"You want immortality, too?"
"I want power," he said.
Great. "And it doesn't bother you that the thing will kill children? That it's already killed some?"
"We feed, Bloody Bones feeds, what does it matter?"
"And Bloody Bones is going to just let you feed off it?"
"Serephina has found the spell that Magnus's ancestor used. She controls the fairie."
"How?"
He shook his head and smiled. "No more delays, Anita. Drop the gun, or Kissa will taste him before your eyes."
Kissa ran a hand through Jeff's short hair, a caressing gesture. It pushed his head to one side, baring a long smooth line of neck.
"No!" Jeff tried to pull away, and Kissa yanked on his arm hard enough that he cried out.
"I will break the arm, boy," she growled.
The pain held him immobile, but his eyes were wide and terrified. He looked at me. He wouldn't plead, no begging, but his eyes did it for him.
Kissa's lips pulled back from her teeth in a flashy snarl, fangs visible.
"Don't," I said, and hated it. I tossed the.45 to the ground. Larry threw my gun down. Disarmed twice in one night. It was a record even for me.
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"Now what?" I asked.
"Serephina awaits us at the party. She sent suitable clothing for you. You can change in the limousine," Janos said.
"What party?" I asked.
"The one we have come to invite you to. She is delivering Jean-Claude's invitation in person."
That didn't sound good. "I think we'll pass on the party."
"I don't think so," Janos said.
Another vampire stepped out of the trees. It was the brunette that had tormented Jason.