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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] "Shut up and eat." He sat down on the edge of the bed and started cutting meat. The meat was red. Blood oozed out of it. I walked towards the bathroom. I wasn't going to be sick, but if I watched him eat that piece of meat I would be. "I'm going to hide in the bathroom. You want an explanation, come join me," I said. Richard glanced at Edward, then back to me. "What is going on?" I pulled him into the bathroom and shut the door behind us. I ran cold water in the sink and splashed it on my face. Page 111 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html He gripped my shoulders, massaging. "Are you all right?" I shook my head, water dripping down my face. I fumbled a towel and pressed it to my face, holding it there a minute. Edward hadn't warned me because he liked to shock people. And a warning would have lessened the impact. How much impact did I want Richard to endure? I turned to him, towel still clutched in my hands. He looked worried, all tender concern. I didn't want him to look like that. Had I really said yes, just eight hours ago? It seemed less and less real. "The movie is a porno flick," I said. He looked startled. Good. "Porno? Are you serious?" "Deadly," I said. "Why do I need to see it?" A thought seemed to occur to him. "Why did you watch it with him?" There was the tiniest bit of anger in his voice. I laughed then. I laughed until tears ran down my face, and I was too breathless to speak. "What's so funny?" He sounded a little indignant. When I could speak without gasping, I said, "Be afraid of Edward, but never be jealous of him." The laughter had helped. I felt better, less dirty, less embarrassed, even a little less horrified. I stared up at him. He was still wearing the green sweater that had ended up on my kitchen floor earlier. He looked wonderful. I realized I didn't. In my oversize sweatshirt, complete with bloodstain, jeans, and sneakers, I had lost several notches in the cuteness game. I shook my head. Did it matter? No, I was delaying. I didn't want to go back out there. I didn't want to watch the movie again. I certainly didn't want to sit in the same room with the man I might marry and watch him watch a porno film. Should I spoil the ending? Would it excite him before it went wrong? I looked at his very human face, and wondered. "It's lycanthropes and a human in the film." "They're already for sale?" he said. It was my turn to look surprised. "You know about the film? You said 'they.' There are more of them?" "Unfortunately," he said. He leaned against the door, sliding down to sit Indian fashion on the floor. If he'd stretched his legs out, there wouldn't have been room for both of us. "Explain this, Richard." "It was Raina's idea," he said. "She convinced Marcus to order some of us to participate." "Did you ... " I couldn't even say it. He shook his head. Something tight in my chest eased. "Raina tried to get me in front of the cameras. For those that need to hide their identity they use masks. I wouldn't do it." Page 112 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html "Did Marcus order you to?" "Yes. These damn films are one of the main reasons I started rising in the pack. Everyone higher in the structure could order me around. If Marcus okays it, they can order you to do almost anything, as long as it's not illegal." "Wait. The films aren't illegal?" "Bestiality is against the law in some states, but we sort of slip through the cracks on the law." "Nothing else illegal goes on in these films?" I asked. He stared up at me. "What's on that film that makes you look so scared?" "It's a snuff film." He just stared at me, no change of expression, as if waiting for me to say more. When I didn't, he said, "You cannot be serious." "I wish I wasn't." He shook his head. "Even Raina wouldn't do that." "Raina wasn't in the film as far as I saw." "But Marcus wouldn't approve of that, not that." He stood up, using only his legs and the wall. He paced to the edge of the bathtub and back. He brushed past me, slamming his hand into the wall. It gave a resounding thunk. He turned, and I'd never seen him so angry. "There are other packs around the country. It doesn't have to be us." "Alfred was in it." He leaned his back against the far wall, and slammed his palms into the wall again. "I can't believe it." Edward knocked on the door. "The film's ready." [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |