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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 337 из 427«You're kidding, right?»
«Are you refusing the directorder of the Master of the City?» Auggie asked.
I raised a hand, and said, «Don't start that shit again, Auggie. Not your city, not your call.»
«I don't think Travis feels well enough to walk back to Dr. Lillian,» Noel said. «What if we give our word that we won't tell anyone what you say?»
«You are young and live in a time where you do not truly understand what it means to give your word,» Jean-Claude said.
«Besides,» Micah said, «if Joseph ordered you to tell him, you'd have no choice.»
Travis let out a long shaking breath, cradling his arm against his body. «Help me up, Noel.»
«What can be so private that you're making him move?» I asked.
«We could move,» Nathaniel said.
«Yeah,» I said, «all the able-bodied, except for Noel, follow me.»
«Are you really going to let her make us all move, so the lion won't have to?» Auggie said.
I stopped a few steps beyond the group, because only Nathaniel and Micah were following me. Claudia was looking from Jean-Claude to me, and the rest of the guards were looking to her. We were deep into the pissing contest and Claudia was trying to decide what would help and what would hurt.
I pointed a finger at Auggie. «I'm getting tired of you.» I switched the finger to Jean-Claude. «Please, tell me you are not going to grandstand to save face in front of Auggie. It will cost us nothing to move down the hallway.»
«He lost a fight,» Auggie said, «it should hurt.»
I waved a hand at him, as if waving him away. «I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to my master, thank you very much. Jean-Claude?»
It wasn't so much that I could see him think it through, because his face was perfect and unreadable. But I'd been staring at that empty face for years now. It was almost like I could feel him thinking it through.
He gave a small nod. «Very well.» He went to me, and I held out my hand to reward this show of common sense.
«I see the local Rex isn't the only one pussy-whipped around here,» Auggie said.
I started to get angry, but Jean-Claude pulled on my hand. He told me with a glance that he'd take care of it. He turned those dark-blue eyes on Auggie, and said, «And if you knew that she would cover you in the ardeur , and love your body, would you stay here, or would you go where she wished you to go?»
Auggie stared at him for a second, then started shaking his head, over and over again. He walked toward us, then kept walking. He walked into the far hallway, and kept walking until he was lost to sight.
«Are you refusing the directorder of the Master of the City?» Auggie asked.
I raised a hand, and said, «Don't start that shit again, Auggie. Not your city, not your call.»
«I don't think Travis feels well enough to walk back to Dr. Lillian,» Noel said. «What if we give our word that we won't tell anyone what you say?»
«You are young and live in a time where you do not truly understand what it means to give your word,» Jean-Claude said.
«Besides,» Micah said, «if Joseph ordered you to tell him, you'd have no choice.»
Travis let out a long shaking breath, cradling his arm against his body. «Help me up, Noel.»
«What can be so private that you're making him move?» I asked.
«We could move,» Nathaniel said.
«Yeah,» I said, «all the able-bodied, except for Noel, follow me.»
«Are you really going to let her make us all move, so the lion won't have to?» Auggie said.
I stopped a few steps beyond the group, because only Nathaniel and Micah were following me. Claudia was looking from Jean-Claude to me, and the rest of the guards were looking to her. We were deep into the pissing contest and Claudia was trying to decide what would help and what would hurt.
I pointed a finger at Auggie. «I'm getting tired of you.» I switched the finger to Jean-Claude. «Please, tell me you are not going to grandstand to save face in front of Auggie. It will cost us nothing to move down the hallway.»
«He lost a fight,» Auggie said, «it should hurt.»
I waved a hand at him, as if waving him away. «I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to my master, thank you very much. Jean-Claude?»
It wasn't so much that I could see him think it through, because his face was perfect and unreadable. But I'd been staring at that empty face for years now. It was almost like I could feel him thinking it through.
He gave a small nod. «Very well.» He went to me, and I held out my hand to reward this show of common sense.
«I see the local Rex isn't the only one pussy-whipped around here,» Auggie said.
I started to get angry, but Jean-Claude pulled on my hand. He told me with a glance that he'd take care of it. He turned those dark-blue eyes on Auggie, and said, «And if you knew that she would cover you in the ardeur , and love your body, would you stay here, or would you go where she wished you to go?»
Auggie stared at him for a second, then started shaking his head, over and over again. He walked toward us, then kept walking. He walked into the far hallway, and kept walking until he was lost to sight.