"Guardino, Louise - 666 Upside Down" - читать интересную книгу автора (Guardino Louise)

With his left forefinger, John marked a crude cross on the blondТs forehead.
УRemember 666?Ф asked John as his left hand pulled a silver dagger from its
sheath. Fingers wrapped around the Christ-like figure on the dagger handle,
John plunged the sharpened blade into the exposed upper left side of the still
chuckling blond.
Tipped with the oil of myrrh, the blade slid through skin and muscle, slipping
past a protecting rib, to imbed in the blondТs pulsating heart.
John held the blade tight in the struggling organ. He moved the shaft up then
down.
The blondТs chuckle changed to a roar then a rasp. His struggling weakened.
Liquid spilled from his mouth, steaming as it struck JohnТs encircling arm.
У666,Ф repeated John, gasping himself. УDid you think that was your sign? That
you were eternal?Ф He released the slackened form, stepping back. The body
slumped, the head striking the ground hard.
Sickened by what heТd done this night, John staggered back.
A dim flicker remained in the eyes of the thing on the ground.
УWrong,Ф said John, his eyes gleaming.
The blondТs eyes clouded. They faded then dulled.
John walked away. Had he only imagined the smell of ammonia and feel of acid
on his arm? It didnТt matter. Whatever he had just killed would recruit no
more. But others would. And he would find them.
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A native of NYC (be careful how you glance her way), Louise has been writing
crime fiction since leaving the world of bits and bytes... She likes all genre
fiction except romance.