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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 379 из 427They took everything but the diamond necklace. Apparently the jewelry was a theme tonight. There was plastic over the far seat, and he was putting the clothes under it. How messy was everyone expecting to be?
I caught movement in the far back of the limo. It was Noel. «No,» I said, «get him out.»
«Justin didn't get here, Anita,» Jason said, «he's the only lion we got except for Auggie's bodyguard. If your lion rises, we need somewhere for it to go.»
«He's a baby.»
Jason nodded. «Raina loved virgins.»
I shook my head too hard, made myself dizzy. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate. «He waits outside the car. If my lion rises, then I'll bring his beast, but we are not feeding him to Raina.» I opened my eyes, and the world had stopped wavering. Good.
Jason touched Requiem's shoulder, drew my attention back to him. «I don't think we'll have to, Anita. Look at Requiem through her eyes. Look at those wounds, Anita. He's fresh meat and he's wounded. She'll like that.»
I looked at the knife wounds on his chest and side. His arms were cut up. «Silver blades,» I said.
Requiem nodded. «Meng Die meant my death.»
«A little power and she changes her mind.»
«It is not a little power, Anita,» Jason said.
I looked back at Requiem. «Do you know what Raina will do?»
Nathaniel knelt by us. «I told him what she liked to do during sex.»
I fought to focus on Requiem's still face. «Is it» — I searched for the word I wanted — «all right?»
«I have been at the court of Belle Morte, Anita, this will be as nothing.» He found a smile for me. «Heal me so that we may both serve our master well this night.»
I nodded. «Okay.» I looked behind them all, at Noel. He was pressed in the far back of the limo, as far from the action as he could get. «Out, now.»
«Wait outside with Fredo,» Jason said.
«I was told to stay close,» Noel said. His eyes were big, his mouth a little parted. I realized I was naked in front of him. I'd known that, but the drugs or the emergency, or my collapsing morals, had made me not think about it. The look on his face wasn't lust. It was fear.
«Outside the car is close enough,» Jason said.
Still, he hesitated.
«Get out of the car, Noel,» Nathaniel said. He sounded angry.
Noel got out of the car. When the door closed behind him, Nathaniel said, «How could Joseph have sent him for this job?»
«Joseph didn't understand,» Jason said.
«Didn't want to understand,» Nathaniel said.
I caught movement in the far back of the limo. It was Noel. «No,» I said, «get him out.»
«Justin didn't get here, Anita,» Jason said, «he's the only lion we got except for Auggie's bodyguard. If your lion rises, we need somewhere for it to go.»
«He's a baby.»
Jason nodded. «Raina loved virgins.»
I shook my head too hard, made myself dizzy. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate. «He waits outside the car. If my lion rises, then I'll bring his beast, but we are not feeding him to Raina.» I opened my eyes, and the world had stopped wavering. Good.
Jason touched Requiem's shoulder, drew my attention back to him. «I don't think we'll have to, Anita. Look at Requiem through her eyes. Look at those wounds, Anita. He's fresh meat and he's wounded. She'll like that.»
I looked at the knife wounds on his chest and side. His arms were cut up. «Silver blades,» I said.
Requiem nodded. «Meng Die meant my death.»
«A little power and she changes her mind.»
«It is not a little power, Anita,» Jason said.
I looked back at Requiem. «Do you know what Raina will do?»
Nathaniel knelt by us. «I told him what she liked to do during sex.»
I fought to focus on Requiem's still face. «Is it» — I searched for the word I wanted — «all right?»
«I have been at the court of Belle Morte, Anita, this will be as nothing.» He found a smile for me. «Heal me so that we may both serve our master well this night.»
I nodded. «Okay.» I looked behind them all, at Noel. He was pressed in the far back of the limo, as far from the action as he could get. «Out, now.»
«Wait outside with Fredo,» Jason said.
«I was told to stay close,» Noel said. His eyes were big, his mouth a little parted. I realized I was naked in front of him. I'd known that, but the drugs or the emergency, or my collapsing morals, had made me not think about it. The look on his face wasn't lust. It was fear.
«Outside the car is close enough,» Jason said.
Still, he hesitated.
«Get out of the car, Noel,» Nathaniel said. He sounded angry.
Noel got out of the car. When the door closed behind him, Nathaniel said, «How could Joseph have sent him for this job?»
«Joseph didn't understand,» Jason said.
«Didn't want to understand,» Nathaniel said.