"Karen Koehler - Slayer 02 - Dragon Blood" - читать интересную книгу автора (Koehler Karen)

тАЬSo you see...no reason to be jealous,тАЭ he said.

IтАЩm not jealous!Debra shouted, her voice rebounding in his mind. She crossed her arms across her
glittering fur coat.I just donтАЩt know what you see in her. SheтАЩs so...human.

Alek smirked.

Oh please!she sniffed.Dhampiri have better things to do with their time than chase after these
pathetic mortals.

тАЬMaybeyou do...тАЭ

A tall, grey-headed older gent stepped into the washroom and looked his way as Alek continued to
banter with his reflection. Alek shut up and turned off the taps.

Can we go home now?Debra asked.

Alek swept his ponytail off his shoulder. We can go home now, he thought back at her.

3


Traffic on Fifth Avenue was heavy tonight. Friday night. What was he thinking? For a while Alek was
afraid he would not be able to hail a cab and started doing what he usually did in these situations--he
began contemplating hiring a personal driver. He had been thinking about it for some time. Maybe it was
time to act on it. He certainly had the money. Just no luck at the moment. It took him a half dozen
attempts before a canary finally slowed and drew to the curb of the walk. Chill tonight. He pulled his coat
closer about him as he stalked past the meters, telephone poles and hookers on street corners on his way
to the curb.

Back in his college days--good Lord that was a looong time ago--he had been the proud owner of a
vintage 1958 Thunderbird, a shining white shark with a candy-apple-red interior. He missed that car
sometimes. Hell, he missed it most of the time, especially on cold nights like this. But cars and New York
City did not mix well. One day I will leave this city, live in a big Victorian house down by the sea
somewhere on Coney Island, and drive a Thunderbird everywhere I go. That or get a personal driver.

Debra chuckled.Dreamer.

He smirked.

тАЬHi there, Mister.тАЭ

He lost the smirk as he stopped to look over his shoulder. He saw one of the hookers had broken away
from the pack and was trailing him. Well this was just grand.
Yes, it certainly is,Debra whispered intimately.

Alek ignored the implications of that sly voice in his head and kept walking. Hopefully the young lady
would take a hint from his hostile reaction and look for work elsewhere.

Unfortunately, that didnтАЩt happen.