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do what you have to because of your soft heart?
He stalked back to Josh and flipped him onto his stomach.
Read, Mick! Now! Before you lose him, before he turns to dust
and everything we ve worked for with him!
But, Josh
Is this one s little whore! Get it through your head! The
iceman ran a hand over Josh s backside. What do you think,
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vamp? Think I should fuck him right here while you watch? I m
not usually partial to boys but Joshy s almost as pretty as a girl. I
think I could manage.
Richard s growl grew in volume. His lips pulled back from his
teeth.
Go, Mick, now! He s getting mad. Read, dammit, don t think
about what I m doing, just make it happen.
His voice shaking, Mick began to read the terrible, guttural
words again. He resumed his pacing but Richard only had eyes for
Josh and the iceman.
Richard! Josh called out, his voice hoarse and weak. Don t!
Whatever they want you to do, don t!
The iceman backhanded Josh hard across the face and his head
clomped down on the floor.
I know, the iceman said softly, a chill smile twitching at his
lips. Let s start taking pieces. See how long you can stand to
watch. Hmm, what should we start with, do you think? Hands?
Eyes? Maybe his balls.
Richard yanked hard at the stake holding his right hand and
roared in frustration.
No, I know. We ll take a foot first. What do you think of that,
demon? He pulled a metal object from his pocket, which unfolded
into a saw blade.
Hands, eyes, feet& Suddenly, Richard knew. He knew who this
man before him was, this man whose soul had turned into a tainted
glacier. This was the man who had systematically tortured
William, who had murdered him. Josh hadn t found a new lover;
he had found a new tormentor.
Drop it, Jenner, a soft voice ordered from the doorway. A
young man with raven dark hair and coffee eyes pointed a pistol at
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the iceman. Step away from him.
Mick continued reading, apparently lost in the spell, his slow
steps a ceaseless circle around the pentagram. Fire leaped through
Richard s veins. A burning itch began behind his shoulder blades.
It only served to feed his rage.
MacIntyre, good man. You came just in time to help, Jenner
said smoothly.
Not here to help. Here to stop you. Lucy showed me the
Enavs. We found Roark on the floor, you bastard.
You only have half the story, boy. Jenner turned and Richard
saw the movement but couldn t find his voice to call warning.
Faster than most men could think, Jenner reached back, pulled a
handgun from his waistband, and fired. The impact hurled their
would-be rescuer off his feet and into the hall, where he lay still.
Stuart! Josh cried out. Fuck& oh, fuck&
Stupid kid, Jenner muttered. Then he planted a knee on
Josh s back, bent his left leg up, and braced it against his chest
while he set his saw against Josh s ankle.
The cry of pain that Josh tried to muffle against the floor stole
the last of Richard s reason. His own pain no longer mattered. He
hardly felt it. Josh s agony screamed along his nerves. Muscles
straining, he inched his right hand up along its stake. An enraged
bellow leaped from him when the flesh caught on the flange at the
top. Blood ran down his arm. The scent drove him on. He jerked
his hand up toward the ceiling, tearing skin and flesh, the sickening
crack of bone drowning out Mick s spell.
The humans slowed, their movements creeping at the speed of
frozen mud. Richard s damaged hand still had a working thumb
and two fingers. He reached over and grasped the stake pinning his
chest. He pulled. The stake worked free inch by agonizing inch, yet
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in the eternity of its journey, Mick only moved half a step. The
burn behind his shoulders leaped to concentrated points of searing
pain. No matter. His pain no longer had any meaning.
He made quick work of the remaining stakes, blood pouring
from the wounds. The lab workers had turned, reaching for rifles
on the counter by the wall. Too slow, they had no chance. He
broke the one rifle and bent the other before they could load the
tranquilizer darts.
Mick had turned toward him now, his mouth still moving.
Richard heard no sound. Perhaps his spell had sucked the sound
from the world. No more music, no more laughter, all stolen by
this misguided man. Richard slammed a bloody fist into his jaw.
Mick crumpled to the floor.
Richard whirled to face Jenner. A strange sensation tugged at
his back and knocked him off balance. He twisted. Something dark
followed his movements. He tried to strike at it, but it turned with
him. In frustration, he clenched his fists and roared. Wings
snapped out behind him, huge, black wings.
Snarling, he turned to find Jenner with his saw blade at Josh s
throat. He was faster than the other humans were, but nowhere
near fast enough. Richard pounced, ripped the blade from his hand,
and seized Jenner by the throat. The world sped again when
Richard stood still, time catching him as he squeezed Jenner s
windpipe and watched with feral glee as his eyes bulged.
Richard. A soft voice broke the terrible silence. Richard,
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Dobre pomysły nie mają przeszłości, mają tylko przyszłość. Robert Mallet
De minimis - o najmniejszych rzeczach.
Dobroć jest ważniejsza niż mądrość, a uznanie tej prawdy to pierwszy krok do mądrości. Theodore Isaac Rubin
Dobro to tylko to, co szlachetne, zło to tylko to, co haniebne.
Dla człowieka nie tylko świat otaczający jest zagadką; jest on nią sam dla siebie. I z obu tajemnic bardziej dręczącą wydaje się ta druga. Antoni Kępiński (1918-1972)
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