"Laurell K. Hamilton - Anita Blake 08 - Blue Moon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hamilton Laurell K)

"Mom got in to see him, but they wouldn't let all of us in."
"Has he got a lawyer?" I asked.
"He says he doesn't need one. He says he didn't do it."
"Prison is full of people who didn't do it, Daniel. He needs a lawyer. It's
his word against the woman's. If she's local and he isn't, he's in trouble."
"He's in trouble," Daniel said.
"Shit," I said.
"There's more bad news," he said.
I threw the covers back and stood, clutching the phone. "Tell me."
"There's going to be a blue moon this month." He said it very quietly, no
explanation, but I understood.
Richard was an alpha werewolf. He was head of the local pack. It was his
only serious flaw. We'd broken up after I'd seen him eat somebody. What I'd
seen had sent me running to Jean-Claude's arms. I'd run from the werewolf to
the vampire. Jean-Claude was Master of the City of Saint Louis. He was
definitely not the more human of the two. I know there isn't a lot to choose
from between a bloodsucker and a flesh-eater, but at least after Jean-Claude
finished feeding, there weren't chunks between his fangs. A small distinction
but a real one.
 A blue moon meant a second full moon this month. The moon doesn't actually
turn blue most of the time, but it is where the old saying comes from -тАУ once
in a blue moon. It happens about every three years or so. It was August, and
the second full moon was only five days away. Richard's control was very good,
but I'd never heard of any werewolf, even an Ulfric, a pack leader, who could
fight the change on the night of the full moon. No matter what flavor of
animal you changed into, a lycanthrope was a lycanthrope. The full moon ruled
them.
"We have to get him out of jail before the full moon," Daniel said.
"Yeah," I said. Richard was hiding what he was. He taught junior high
science. If they found out he was a werewolf, he'd lose his job. It was
illegal to discriminate on the basis of a disease, especially one as difficult
to catch as lycanthropy, but they'd do it. No one wanted a monster teaching
their kiddies. Not to mention that the only person in Richard's family who
knew his secret was Daniel. Mom and Pop Zeeman didn't know.
"Give me a number to contact you at," I said.
He did. "You'll come down then," he said.
"Yeah."
He sighed. "Thanks. Mom is raising hell, but it's not helping. We need
someone here who understands the legal system."
"I'll have a friend call you with the name of a good local lawyer before I
get there. You may be able to arrange bail by the time I arrive."
"If he'll see the lawyer," Daniel said.
"Is he being stupid?" I asked.
"He thinks that having the truth on his side is enough."
It sounded like something Richard would say. There was more than one reason
why we'd broken up. He clung to ideals that hadn't even worked when they were
in vogue. Truth, justice, and the American way certainly didn't work within
the legal system. Money, power, and luck were what worked. Or having someone
on your side that was part of the system.
I was a vampire executioner. I was licensed to hunt and kill vampires once