"Lover At Last" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ward, J.R.)

Zsadist spoke up in the Old Language. тАЬI, Zsadist, son of Ahgony, inducted in the two hundred forty-second year of the reign of Wrath, son of Wrath, hereby nominate Qhuinn, an orphan in the world, for membership unto the Black Dagger Brotherhood.тАЭ

Hearing formal words out of the BrotherтАЩs mouth was a shocker. Z, above all of them, thought the past was a bunch of bullshit. Not when it came to this, apparently.

Jesus, Wrath thought. They were going to run with it. And fastтАФheтАЩd thought it would take longer than this. Days of mulling over. Weeks. Maybe a monthтАФand then, maybe, a no-go for a variety of reasons.

But they were playing ballтАФand accordingly, so was Wrath.

тАЬUpon what basis do you make this pledge of your, and your bloodlineтАЩs, name?тАЭ Wrath asked.

Now Z dropped the formal, and went for the real. тАЬHe brought me home safe to my shellan and my little female tonight. At the risk of his own life.тАЭ

тАЬFair enough.тАЭ

Wrath scanned the males who were standing around his desk, even though he couldnтАЩt see them with his eyes. Sight didnтАЩt matter, though. He didnтАЩt need operational retinas to tell him where they all were or how they were feeling about shit; the scents of their emotions were clear.

They were, as a group, steadfast, resolved, and proud.

But formalities needs must.

Wrath started with the one all the way on the end. тАЬV?тАЭ

тАЬI was ready to get on board when he crawled all over Xcor.тАЭ

There was a grumble of agreement.

тАЬButch?тАЭ

That Boston accent came across loud and clear. тАЬI think heтАЩs a wicked strong fightah. And I like the guy. HeтАЩs aging up good, dropping all that attitude, getting serious.тАЭ

тАЬRhage?тАЭ

тАЬYou shoulda seen him tonight. He wouldnтАЩt let me take that plane upтАФsaid two Brothers were too much to lose.тАЭ

More of that grumbling approval. тАЬTohr?тАЭ

тАЬThat night you were shot? I got you out of there thanks to him. HeтАЩs the right stuff.тАЭ

тАЬPhury?тАЭ

тАЬI like him. I really do. HeтАЩs the first to run into any situation. He will literally do anything for any one of usтАФit doesnтАЩt matter how dangerous.тАЭ

Wrath rapped his desk with his knuckles. тАЬItтАЩs settled, then. IтАЩll tell Saxton to make the changes, and weтАЩll do it.тАЭ

Tohr cut in. тАЬWith all due respect, my lord, we need to resolve the ahstrux nohtrum designation. He canтАЩt be watching JohnтАЩs ass as his primary directive anymore.тАЭ

тАЬAgreed. WeтАЩll tell John to release himтАФand I canтАЩt believe the answer will be no. After that, IтАЩll have Saxton draw up the papers, and then following QhuinnтАЩs induction, V, you take care of the ink on his face. Like if John had died of natural causes or some shit?тАЭ

There was a rustling of clothes, as if some of the Brothers were making the symbol of тАЬDearest Virgin Scribe forbidтАЭ over their chests.