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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 372 из 427«What am I going to dowith you people tonight?»
I swallowed hard. «Didn't do it on purpose.»
She lifted the long skirt enough so she could kneel comfortably. «I would say not.» Her face was neutral, pleasant, a good doctor's face. She started to reach for my hand, and I jerked away.
She leaned back, giving me a little smile. «If you promise to do everything I tell you to do, exactly the way I tell you to do it, I'll shoot you up with a painkiller before I touch your hand.»
I nodded.
«Your word of honor that you won't argue with me, Anita. That you'll just do what I tell you to do?»
If I hadn't been out of my head with pain, I might have thought harder about her wording, but all I could think about was the pain. I nodded, and whispered, «I promise.»
She smiled at me. «Good.» She looked behind her. Claudia came into view, kneeling so the other woman could whisper to her. Claudia nodded, stood, and left.
Lillian turned away to get the shot ready. Normally, I made a fuss about needles. I was almost as phobic of needles as I was of flying. But tonight, I'll wasn't complaining. I was too busy fighting off the urge to start screaming, Make it stop, make it stop .
Lillian made Richard move, so she could kneel by my injured hand. Micah cupped my face so I couldn't see the needle. He knew how I felt about them. I let him do it, but I wasn't sure that I'd have cared tonight. I felt the pressure of the needle, then it was as if she shot hot water directly into my veins. I could feel it spreading liquid through my body. It was the oddest sensation. I'd never had anything that I could trace through my veins like that. My upper body flushed with heat. Then it was hard to concentrate, and I was dizzy. Even lying flat, I was dizzy. I started to ask if something was wrong, then the pain just washed away. The drugs bathed the inside of my upper body in hot water, and the pain just washed away.
Lillian leaned over me. «How do you feel, Anita?»
I managed a smile, and knew it was probably goofy. «Doesn't hurt now.»
«Good,» she said, smiling. She looked at Richard. «I think you need to go back to your date, Richard.»
He shook his head. «I'm staying here.»
«You're Clark Kent tonight, Ulfric, not Superman. You have to go back to your date and pretend you're a mild-mannered science teacher. I'll take care of Anita.»
Richard glanced at us all. «Are they staying?»
«One of them will be,» Lillian said, «but they aren't hiding what they are, Ulfric. The price of hiding is that you must stay hidden.
I swallowed hard. «Didn't do it on purpose.»
She lifted the long skirt enough so she could kneel comfortably. «I would say not.» Her face was neutral, pleasant, a good doctor's face. She started to reach for my hand, and I jerked away.
She leaned back, giving me a little smile. «If you promise to do everything I tell you to do, exactly the way I tell you to do it, I'll shoot you up with a painkiller before I touch your hand.»
I nodded.
«Your word of honor that you won't argue with me, Anita. That you'll just do what I tell you to do?»
If I hadn't been out of my head with pain, I might have thought harder about her wording, but all I could think about was the pain. I nodded, and whispered, «I promise.»
She smiled at me. «Good.» She looked behind her. Claudia came into view, kneeling so the other woman could whisper to her. Claudia nodded, stood, and left.
Lillian turned away to get the shot ready. Normally, I made a fuss about needles. I was almost as phobic of needles as I was of flying. But tonight, I'll wasn't complaining. I was too busy fighting off the urge to start screaming, Make it stop, make it stop .
Lillian made Richard move, so she could kneel by my injured hand. Micah cupped my face so I couldn't see the needle. He knew how I felt about them. I let him do it, but I wasn't sure that I'd have cared tonight. I felt the pressure of the needle, then it was as if she shot hot water directly into my veins. I could feel it spreading liquid through my body. It was the oddest sensation. I'd never had anything that I could trace through my veins like that. My upper body flushed with heat. Then it was hard to concentrate, and I was dizzy. Even lying flat, I was dizzy. I started to ask if something was wrong, then the pain just washed away. The drugs bathed the inside of my upper body in hot water, and the pain just washed away.
Lillian leaned over me. «How do you feel, Anita?»
I managed a smile, and knew it was probably goofy. «Doesn't hurt now.»
«Good,» she said, smiling. She looked at Richard. «I think you need to go back to your date, Richard.»
He shook his head. «I'm staying here.»
«You're Clark Kent tonight, Ulfric, not Superman. You have to go back to your date and pretend you're a mild-mannered science teacher. I'll take care of Anita.»
Richard glanced at us all. «Are they staying?»
«One of them will be,» Lillian said, «but they aren't hiding what they are, Ulfric. The price of hiding is that you must stay hidden.