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A rough place, without any of the conveniences of... |
6th September 2010, 01:49 |
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A rough place, without any of the conveniences of modern technologyShe
remembered laughing at the sink one had to pump to pull water up from the ground
?It beats pipes,? Jared says, the crease between his eyes deepening as his brows pull together
He seems worried by my laughIs he afraid I don't like it? ?Nothing to trace, no evidence that
we're here
?I love it,? I say quickly?It's like an old movie
The smile that never truly leaves his face?he smiles even in his sleep?grows wide?They don't
tell you the worst parts in the moviesC'mon, I'll show you where the latrine is
I hear Jamie's laughter echo silver chanel through the narrow canyon as he runs ahead of usHis black hair
bounces with his bodyHe bounces all the time now, this thin boy with the sun-darkened skinI
hadn't realized how much weight those narrow shoulders were carryingWith Jared, he is
positively buoyantThe anxious expression has faded, replaced by grinsWe are both more
resilient than I gave us credit for
?Who built this place??
?My father and older brothersI helped, or rather hindered, a littleMy dad loved to get away
from everythingAnd he didn't care much about conventionHe never bothered to find out who
the land actuallybelonged to or file fendi b permits or any of that pesky stuff Jared laughs, throwing
his head backThe sun dances off the blond bits in his hair?Officially, this place doesn't exist
Convenient, isn't it?? Without seeming to think about it, he reaches out and takes my hand
My skin burns where it meets hisIt feels better than good, but it sets off a strange aching in my
chest
He is forever touching me this way, always seeming to need to reassure himself that I am here
Does he realize what it does to me, the simple pressure of his warm palm next to mine? Does his
pulse jump in his veins, too? Or is he just happy to not be alone chanel bags pink anymore?
He swings our arms as we walk beneath a little stand of cottonwood trees, their green so vivid
against the red that it plays tricks on my eyes, confusing my focusHe is happy here, happier
than in other placesThe feeling is still unfamiliar
He hasn't kissed me since that first night, when I screamed, finding the scar on his neckDoes
he not want to kiss me again? Should I kiss him? What if he doesn't like that?
He looks down at me and smiles, the lines around his eyes crinkling into little websI wonder if
he is as handsome as I think he is, or if it's just that he's the only person left in the whole vintage chanel jewelry world
besides Jamie and me
No, I don't think that's itHe really is beautiful
?What are you thinking, Mel?? he asks?You seem to be concentrating on something very
important
I shrug, and my stomach flutters?It's beautiful hereBut then, isn't home always beautiful??
?Home I repeat the word quietly
?Your home, too, if you want it It seems like every mile I've walked in the past three years has been toward this
placeI never want to leave, though I know we'll have toFood doesn't grow on treesNot in
the desert, at least
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Why? And even that question
was... |
5th September 2010, 01:36 |
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Why? And even that question
was superfluousCarlos had mounted a strategy employing not one but seven, conceivably eight,
decoys, all expendable, all led to their terrible death by the consummate self-protectorThe Jackal
had sprung himself from the trap that had been reversed by his hated quarry, Delta, the product of
Medusa, a creation of American intelligenceOnce again, the assassin had outthought him, but he
had not killed himThere would be another day, another night
?Bernardine!? screamed the Deuxi?me official who less than thirty minutes ago had officially
disowned his colleagueLeaping out of the patrol car, the man shouted again?Bernardine! Where
are you? My God, where are you? I came back, old friend, for I could not leave you! My God,
you were right, I see that now for myself! Oh, Christ, tell me you?re alive! Answer me!?
?Another is dead,? came the reply from Bernardine as his gaunt figure walked slowly, with
difficulty, out of the storefront two hundred feet north of Bourne?I tried to tell you but you would
not listen??
?I was perhaps too hasty!? roared the official, running to the old man and embracing him as black chanel tote the
others in the patrol car, their arms crossed in front of their faces, surrounded the burning van but at
a considerable distance?I?ve radioed for our people to return!? added the official?You must
believe me, old friend, I came back because I couldn?t leave you in anger, not my old comradeI
had no idea that pig from the newspaper actually assaulted you, struck youHe told me and I threw
him out! I came back for you, you see that, don?t you? But, my God, I never expected anything
like this!?
?It?s horrible,? said the Deuxi?me veteran, while cautiously, his eyes straying rapidly up and
down the boulevard, he surveyed the areaHe specifically noted the many frightened, intense faces
in the windows of the three stone buildingsThe scenario had blown apart with the van?s explosion
and the disappearance of the brown limousineThe minions were without their leader and filled
with anxiety?It?s not entirely your error alone?my old comrade,? he continued, a note of apology
in his voice?I had the wrong building
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?Ah ha,? cried the Deuxi?me associate, relishing a minor triumph of balenciaga motorcycle handbag self-vindication?The
wrong building? That is indeed a mistake of consequence, eh, Fran?ois??
?The consequences might have been far less tragic had you not abandoned me so hastily, as you
so aptly phrased itInstead of listening to a man with my vast experience, you ordered me out of
your car only to have me witness the horror moments after you fled
?We followed your orders! We searched the building?the wrong building!?
?Had you remained, if only for a brief conference, this might have been avoided and a friend
might be aliveI shall have to include that judgment in my report??
?Please, old friend,? broke in the associate?Let us reason together for the good of the Bureau?
? The interruption now came with the shrill appearance of a fire truckBernardine held up his hand
and led his protesting former comrade across the boulevard, ostensibly to get out of the way of the
firemen, more purposefully to be within earshot of Jason Bourne?When our people arrive,? went
on the associate of the Deuxi?me, his voice rising with authority, ?we shall empty the buildings and
detain every resident for thorough interrogation!?
?My God,? exclaimed cartier clock Bernardine, ?don?t add asininity to incompetence!?
?What??
?The limousine, the brown limousine?surely you saw itThe driver said it raced away
?That?s all he told you??
?Well, the truck was in flames and there was so much confusion radioing for personnel??
?Look at the shattered glass!? commanded Fran?ois, pointing at the storefronts away from the
recess where Bourne was hiding?Look at the pits on the pavement and in the streetGun fire, my
old comradeThose involved escaped believing they had killed me! Say nothing, do nothing
Leave these people alone
?You are incomprehensible??
?And you are a foolIf for any reason whatsoever there is the slightest possibility that even one
of those killers is ordered to return here, there can be no impediments
?Now you are inscrutable
?Not at all,? protested Bernardine as the firemen hosed down the flames of the van, their efforts
augmented by giant extinguishers?Send your people into each building, inquiring if everything is
all right, explaining that the authorities have determined the terrible events on the boulevard were
criminally orientedThe crisis has passed; there is no further gold chanel earrings alarm
?But is that true??
?It?s what we want them to believe An ambulance stormed into the street followed by two
additional patrol cars, all the sirens at maximum volumeFrom the rue d?Al?sia, apartment dwellers
had gathered at both corners, many in hastily pulled?on street attire?trousers and undershirts?
while others were in night clothes?frayed bathrobes and worn slippersNoting that the Jackal?s
van was now a smoldering mass of twisted steel and shattered glass, Bernardine continued: ?Give
the crowds time to satisfy their morbid viewing, then send men to disperse themIn an hour or so,
when the rubble is under control and the bodies carted away, proclaim loudly to your police
detachment that the emergency is over, ordering all but one man back to the precinctThat man is
to remain here on duty until the debris is cleared from the boulevardHe is also to be instructed not
to interfere with anyone leaving the buildings, is that clear??
?Not for a momentYou said that someone might be hiding??
?I know what I said,? pressed the former Deuxi?me consultant
?You will stay here, then??
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?The Spiders?? I began, but then let my voice... |
4th September 2010, 17:41 |
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?The Spiders?? I began, but then let my voice trail offThe Spiders were not the right place
for Sunny?I haven't been a Dolphin, but I hear it's nice thereColor, mobility,
family??
?They're all so far awayBy the time I got anywhere, Kyle would be? He'd be?? She
hiccuped and then started crying again
?Don't you have any other choices?? Kyle asked anxiously?Aren't there a lot more places out
there??
I could hear Trudy talking to the Healer's host, but I tuned out the wordsLet the humans take
care of their own for the moment
?Not that the off-world ships are going to,? I louis vuitton gm bag told him, shaking my head?There are lots of
worlds, but only a few, mostly the newer ones, are still open for settlingAnd I'm sorry, Sunny,
but I have to send you far awayThe Seekers want to find my friends here, and they'd bring you
back if they could, so you could show them the way
?I don't even know the way,? she sobbedMy shoulder was drenched with her tears
Kyle looked at me as if I could produce some kind of miracle to make this all work out
perfectlyLike the medicine I'd provided, some kind of magicBut I knew that I was out of
magic, out of happy endings?for the gucci bookbag soul half of the equation, at least
I stared back hopelessly at Kyle?It's just the Bears, the Flowers, and the Dolphins,? I told him
?I won't send her to the Fire Planet
The small woman shuddered at the name
?Don't worry, SunnyYou'll like the DolphinsOf course they'll be nice
I sighed and moved on
?Sunny, I need to ask you about Jodi
Kyle stiffened beside me
?What about her?? Sunny mumbled
?Is she? is she in there with you? Can you hear her??
Sunny sniffed and looked up at me?I don't understand what you mean
?Does she ever talk to you? Are you ever aware of her omega constellation price thoughts??
?My? body's? Her thoughts? She doesn't have any
?Is that bad?? Kyle whispered
?I don't know enough about it to tellIt's probably not good, though
Kyle's eyes tightened
?How long have you been here, Sunny??
She frowned, thinking?How long is it, Kyle? Five years? Six? You disappeared before I came
home
?And how old are you?? I asked her
That surprised me?she was such a little thing, so young lookingI couldn't believe she was six
years older than Melanie
?Why does that matter?? Kyle askedIt just seems like the more time someone spent as a human before they became a
soul, louis vuitton kabelky the better chance they might have at? making a recoveryThe greater the percentage of
their life they spent human, the more memories they have, the more connections, the more years
being called by the right name? I don't know
?Is twenty-one years enough?? he asked, his voice desperate
?I guess we'll find out
?It's not fair!? Sunny wailed?Why do you get to stay? Why can't I stay, if you can??
I had to swallow hard?Thatwouldn't be fair, would it? But I don't get to stay, SunnyMaybe we'll leave together Perhaps she'd be happier if she thought I was
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3rd September 2010, 01:40 |
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Jamie was enthusiastic almost immediately?Sort
of double-jointed?they can curl both ways He flexed his own fingers, as if trying to bend them
backward?One side is soft, like my palm, but the other side is like razors! They cut the ice?ice
sculptingThey make cities that are all crystal castles that never melt! It's beautiful, isn't it,
Wanda?? He turned to me for backup?They see a different range of colors?the ice is full of rainbowsTheir cities are a
point of pride for themThey're always trying to make them more beautifulI knew of one Bear
who we called? well, something like Glitter Weaver, but it sounds better in that language,
because of the way the ice seemed to know what black chanel handbags he wanted and shaped itself into his dreamsI
met him once and saw his creationsThat's one of my most beautiful memories
?They dream?? Ian asked quietly?Not as vividly as humans
?How do your Healers get their knowledge about the physiology of a new species? They came
to this planet preparedI watched it start?watched the terminal patients walk out of the hospital
whole? A frown etched a V-shaped crease into Doc's narrow foreheadHe hated the
invaders, like everyone, but unlike the others, he also envied them
I didn't want to answerEveryone was listening to us by this point, and this was no pretty
fairytale about ice-sculpting BearsThis was the story of their defeat
Doc waited, shop prada handbags frowning
?They? they take samples,? I muttered
Ian grinned in understanding
The silence in the room reminded me of my first time here
?Where did your kind begin?? Doc asked?Do you remember? I mean, as a species, do you
know how you evolved??
?The Origin,? I answered, noddingIt's where I was? born
?That's kind of special,? Jamie added?It's rare to meet someone from the Origin, isn't it? Most
souls try to stay there, right, Wanda?? He didn't wait for my responseI was beginning to regret
answering his questions so thoroughly each night?So when someone moves on, it makes them
almost? like a celebrity? Or like a member of a royal family
I could feel my cheeks getting warm
?It's a cool dolce and gabbana handbag place,? Jamie went on?Lots of clouds, with a bunch of different-colored layersIt's
the only planet where the souls can live outside of a host for very longThe hosts on the Origin
planet are really pretty, too, with sort of wings and lots of tentacles and big silver eyes
Doc was leaning forward with his face in his hands?Do they remember how the host-parasite
relationship was formed? How did the colonization begin??
Jamie looked at me, shrugging
?We were always that way,? I answered slowly, still unwilling?As far back as we were
intelligent enough to know ourselves, at leastWe were discovered by another species?the
Vultures, we call them here, though more for their chanel handbags on sale personalities than for their looksThen we discovered that we could bond with them just as we had with our
original hostsOnce we controlled them, we made use of their technologyWe took their planet
first, and then followed them to the Dragon Planet and the Summer World?lovely places where
the Vultures had also not been kindWe started colonizing; our hosts reproduced so much
slower than we did, and their life spans were shortWe began exploring farther into the
universe?
I trailed off, conscious of the many eyes on my faceOnly Sharon continued to look away
?You speak of it almost as if you were there,? Ian noted quietly?How long ago did this
happen??
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?I don?t travel in those circles, but I?ve seen... |
2nd September 2010, 09:02 |
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?I don?t travel in those circles, but I?ve seen him somewhere before
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?Of course you haveHe looks like every middle-aged Italian screen star or any one of those
vineyard owners who extol the virtues of the Chianti Classico on television commercials
?Maybe you?re right Krupkin turned to Bourne?I shall write out the name of a bank and the number of an
account in Geneva The Soviet reached into his pocket for a pen as he pulled a paper napkin in
front of himHe was not able to use either, for a man in his early thirties, dressed in a tight-fitting
suit, walked rapidly up to the table
?What is it, Sergei?? asked Krupkin
?Not you, sir,? replied the Soviet aide?Him,? he added, nodding at Bourne
?What is it?? repeated Jason
?You have been followedAt first we were not sure, chanel tote for it is an old man with a urinary problem
He rapidly left the car twice to relieve himself, but once settled he used the car telephone and
squinted through the windscreen to read the name of the restaurantThat was barely minutes ago
?How do you know he was following me??
?Because he arrived shortly after you did, and we were here a half hour before that securing the
area
?Securing the area!? erupted Conklin, looking at Krupkin?I thought this conference was strictly
between us
?Dear Aleksei, benevolent Aleksei, who would save me from myselfCan you really believe I?d
meet with you without considering my own protectionNot you personally, old friend, but your
aggressors in WashingtonCan you imagine? A deputy director of the CIA negotiates with me over
a man he pretends to think I do not know
?Goddamn you, I chanel earrings fake never told him!?
?Oh, dear me, then the error?s mine
?Don?t,? interrupted Jason firmly?That old man?s from the Jackal??
?Carlos!? cried Krupkin, his face flushed, his alert blue eyes now intense, angry?The Jackal?s
after you, Aleksei??
?No, him,? answered Conklin
?Good God! With what we?ve picked up, it?s all falling into placeSo I have the distinct honor
to meet the infamous Jason BourneA great pleasure, sir! We have the same objective where
Carlos is concerned, do we not??
?If your men are any good, we may reach that objective before the next hour?s upCome on!
Let?s get out of here and use the back way, the kitchen, a window, whateverHe?s found me and
you can bet your ass he?s coming out here for meOnly he doesn?t know we know thatLet?s go!?
As the three men rose from the table Krupkin gave lady dior bag instructions to his aide?Have the car
brought around to the rear, the service entrance, if there is one, but do it casually, SergeiNo sense
of urgency, you understand me??
?We can drive half a mile down the road and turn into a pasture that will lead to the rear of the
buildingWe will not be seen by the old man in his carAnd have our backup remain in place but be prepared
?Of course, comrade The aide hurried back to the front entrance
?A backup?? exploded Alex?You had a backup??
?Please, Aleksei, why quibble? It?s your own fault, after allEven last night on the phone you
did not tell me about your conspiracy against your own deputy director
?It wasn?t a conspiracy, for Christ?s sake!?
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?It wasn?t exactly a pure rapport between the home office and the field, was it? No, quilted chanel bags Aleksei
Nikolae Konsolikov, you knew you could?shall we say?use me and you didNever forget, my
fine old adversary, you are Russian
?Will you two shut up and get out of here??
They waited in Krupkin?s armor-plated Citro?n on the edge of an overgrown field a hundred feet
behind the old man?s car, the front of the restaurant in clear sightTo Bourne?s annoyance, Conklin
and the KGB officer reminisced like two aging professionals dissecting each other?s strategies in
past intelligence operations, pointing out the deficiencies each held to be with the other?sThe
Soviet backup was a nondescript sedan on the far shoulder of the road diagonally across from the
restaurantTwo armed men were ready to leap out, their automatic weapons prepared to fire
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The gates, please??
?Do you owe Cactus as much... |
1st September 2010, 17:48 |
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The gates, please??
?Do you owe Cactus as much as I do, Doctor?? Jason held his place, looking at the Jamaican
?I owe him so much that I could never think of compromising him in a situation like tonightFor
God?s sake, he?s an old man, and no matter what deviant conclusions Langley wants to come up
with, tonight was murder, a particularly brutal killingNo, I wouldn?t involve himHe?d never forgive me if I didn?t
?You don?t think much of yourself, do you??
?Please close the gates, DoctorThere?s an alarm panel in the hallway I can activate when
they?re shut
Jax hesitated, as if unsure of what he wanted to say?Listen,? he began haltingly, ?most sane
people have reasons for saying things?doing thingsMy guess is you?re saneCall Alex if you
need me?if old Cactus needs me The doctor left, rushing out the door
Bourne turned and glanced around the roomSince Flannagan and Rachel Swayne chanel cambon handbag had left
nearly three hours ago, he had searched every foot of the general?s study, as well as the dead
soldier?s separate bedroom on the second floorHe had placed the items he intended to take on the
brass coffee table; he studied them nowThere were three brown leather-bound covers, each equal
in size, each holding inserted spiral-bound pages; they were a desk setThe first was an
appointments calendar; the second, a personal telephone book in which the names and numbers
were entered in ink; the last was an expense diary, barely touchedAlong with these were eleven
office messages of the telephone notepad variety, which Jason found in Swayne?s pockets, a golfclub
scorecard and several memoranda written at the PentagonFinally, there was the general?s
wallet containing a profusion of impressive credentials and very little moneyBourne would turn
everything over to Alex and hope borse replica further leads would be found, but as far as he could determine, he
had turned up nothing startling, nothing dramatically relevant to the modern MedusaAnd that
bothered him; there had to be somethingThis was the old soldier?s home, his sanctum sanctorum
inside that home?something! He knew it, he felt it, but he could not find itSo he started again,
not foot by foot now; instead, inch by inch
Fourteen minutes later, as he was removing and turning over the photographs on the wall behind
the desk, the wall to the right of the cushioned bay window that overlooked the lawn outside, he
recalled Conklin?s words about checking the windows and the curtains so that no one could enter or
observe the scene inside
Christ, it must be a mess in there
It?s not very pleasantThe panes of the central bay window frame were splattered with blood and membranethe small brass latch? Not only was it free from chanel logo necklace its catch, the window itself was open?
barely open, but nevertheless it was openBourne knelt on the cushioned seat and looked closely at
the shiny brass fixture and the surrounding panes of glassThere were smudges among the rivulets
of dried blood and tissue, coarse pressings on the stains that appeared to widen and thin them out
into irregular shapesThen below the sill he saw what kept the window from closingThe end of
the left drape had been drawn out, a small piece of its tasseled fabric wedged beneath the lower
window frameJason stepped back bewildered but not really surprisedThis was what he had been
looking for, the missing piece in the complex puzzle that was the death of Norman Swayne
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Someone had climbed out that window after the shot that blew the general?s skull apart
Someone who could not risk being seen going through the chanel 2.55 bag front hall or out, the front door
Someone who knew the house and the grounds A brutal killer from Medusa
Goddamn it!
Who? Who had been here? Flannagan Swayne?s wife! They would know, they had to know!
Bourne lurched for the telephone on the desk; it began ringing before his hand touched it
?Alex??
?No, Br?er Rabbit, it?s just an old friend, and I didn?t realize we were so free with names
?We?re not, we shouldn?t be,? said Jason rapidly, imposing a control on himself he could barely
exercise?Something happened a moment ago?I found somethingWhat can I do for you??
?I need you?out here where I amAre you free??
?Well, let?s see Cactus chuckled as he spoke?There are several board meetings I should
rightfully attend, and the White House wants me for a power breakfastWhen and where, Br?er
Rabbit??
?Not alone, old friendI want three or four others with youIs that possible??
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The air
swarmed with tiny flying bugs
Jared... |
31st August 2010, 17:15 |
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The air
swarmed with tiny flying bugs
Jared drove toward the highway out of town, carefully keeping below the speed limitThis
continued to irritate him
?Getting tired of shopping yet, Wanda?? Ian asked me
?You always say thatIsn't thereanything you mind??
?I mind? being away from JamieAnd I mind being outside, a little bitDuring the day
especiallyIt's like the opposite of claustrophobiaEverything is too openDoes that bother you,
too??
?SometimesWe don't go out during the day much
?At least she gets to stretch her legs,? Kyle muttered?I don't know why chanel white watches you want to hearher
complain
?Because it's so uncommonWhich makes it a nice change from listening toyou complainOnce Ian and Kyle got started, they usually went on for a while
?Oklahoma City next?? I asked Jared
?And a few small towns on the way, if you're up for it,? he answered, eyes on the road
Jared rarely lost his focus when on a raidHe didn't relax into relieved banter the way Ian and
Kyle did every time I completed another mission successfullyIt made me smile when they used
that word?missionhat sounded so formidableIn reality, it was just a trip gucci faux to the storeJust like
I'd done a hundred times in San Diego when I was only feeding myself
Like Kyle said, it was too easy to provide any excitementI pushed my cart up and down the
aislesI smiled at the souls who smiled at me, and I filled my cart with things that would lastI
usually grabbed a few things that wouldn't, for the men hiding in the back of the vanPremade
sandwiches from the deli?things like that for our mealsAnd maybe a treat or twoIan had a
fondness for mint chocolate chip ice creamKyle liked caramel sweets bestJared ate anything
he was gucci watch bands offered; it seemed as if he'd given up favorites many years before, embracing a life where
wants were unwelcome and even needs were carefully assessed before they were metAnother
reason he was good at this life?he saw priorities uncontaminated by personal desire
Occasionally, in the smaller towns, someone would notice me, would speak to meI had my
lines down so well that I could probably have fooled a human by this point
?What brings you to Byers??
I was always careful to check the map before I left the van, so the town's name would be
familiar
?My picasso cartier partner travels a lot
?How wonderful! An ArtistWell, there's certainly a lot of beautiful land around here
Originally, I'd been the ArtistBut I'd found that throwing in the information that I was already
partnered saved me some time when I was speaking to males
?Thank you so much for your help
?You're very welcome
I'd only had to speak to a pharmacist once, in Salt Lake City; after that, I'd known what to look
forI'm not sure I'm getting the right nutritionI can't seem to avoid the junk
foodThis body has such a sweet tooth
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CHAPTER 16
Assigned
The ledge of the rock exit... |
30th August 2010, 16:05 |
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CHAPTER 16
Assigned
The ledge of the rock exit was worn down, but it scraped my palms and shins as I scrambled
through itIt hurt, stiff as I was, to wrench myself erect, and my breath caughtMy head swam
as the blood flowed downward
I looked for only one thing?where Jared was, so that I could put myself between him and his
attackers
They all stood frozen in place, staring at meJared had his back to the wall, his hands balled
into fists and held lowIn front of him, Kyle was hunched over, clutching his stomachIan and a
stranger flanked him a few feet back, their mouths open with shockI took gucci men wallet advantage of their
surpriseIn two long, shaky strides, I moved between Kyle and Jared
Kyle was the first to reactI was less than a foot from him, and his primary instinct was to
shove me awayHis hand struck my shoulder and heaved me toward the floorBefore I could
fall, something caught my wrist and yanked me back to my feet
As soon as he realized what he'd done, Jared dropped my wrist like my skin was oozing acid
?Get back in there,? he roared at meHe shoved my shoulder, too, but it wasn't as hard as
Kyle's pushIt sent me staggering two feet back toward the hole in the wall
The hole was a black circle in the chanel purse white narrow hallwayOutside the small prison, the bigger cave
looked just the same, only longer and taller, a tube rather than a bubbleA small lamp?powered
by what, I couldn't guess?lit the hallway dimly from the groundIt cast strange shadows on the
features of the men, turning them into scowling monster faces
I took a step toward them again, turning my back to Jared
?I'm what you want,? I said directly to Kyle
No one said anything for a long second
?Tricky bugger,? Ian finally muttered, eyes wide with horror
?I said get back in there,? Jared hissed behind me
I turned halfway, not wanting Kyle out of my black chanel quilted bag sight?It's not your duty to protect me at your
own expense
Jared grimaced, one hand rising to push me back toward the cell again
I skipped out of the way; the motion moved me toward the ones who wanted to kill me
Ian grabbed my arms and pinned them behind meI struggled instinctively, but he was very
strongHe bent my joints too far back and I gasped
?Get your hands off her!? Jared shouted, charging
Kyle caught him and spun him around into a wrestling hold, forcing his neck forwardThe
other man grabbed one of Jared's thrashing arms
?Don't hurt him!? I screechedI strained against the hands that imprisoned chanel watch women me
Jared's free elbow rammed into Kyle's stomachKyle gasped and lost his gripJared twisted
away from his attackers and then lunged back, his fist connecting with Kyle's noseDark red
blood spattered the wall and the lamp
?Finish it, Ian!? Kyle yelledHe put his head down and hurtled into Jared, throwing him into
the other man
?No!? Jared and I cried at the same moment
Ian dropped my arms, and his hands wrapped around my throat, choking off my airI clawed at
his hands with my useless, stubby nailsHe gripped me tighter, dragging my feet off the floor
It hurt?the strangling hands, the sudden panic of my balenciaga bag lung |
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