"Mercedes Lackey & Ellen Guon - Knights of Ghosts and Shadows" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

"ButтАФ" he said weakly, unable to compete with a voice
that could fill the Greek without even using the push ot

anger she had behind it now.

"You can just take this stupid gig and all the rest ot it,
and you can ... can ... keep it!" she shrieked at the top
of her range, probably shattering glassware in the taverns

and booths out front. "I am leaving'.

And with that, she threw down the bodice and skirt he d
talked her into wearing and stormed off in the directionof
the parking lot, every visible inch other pink with rageтАФ
and^n the scraps of shorts and halter she was wearing,



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there was a lot of her visible.

She nearly collided with one of the Gypsies, who was
laden with costumes and couldn't see her. He halt ex-
pected her to turn on the girl, but she was so angry she
didn't even notice the wide-eyed dancer/musician; she Just
stormed on past, leaving the faint scent of scorched earthтАФ
and scorched EricтАФin her wake.

He wanted to run after her, but Beth was in the way,
and he'd have to bowl her over to get to Maureen in time.

Always assuming Maureen didn't deck him in full view
of the "travelers" when he caught up with her.

"What in hell was that all about?" The dark-haired,
dusty dancer put her armload of clothing where it be-
longed in the Costumes storage, and gave him an incredu-
lous look. "Who was that madwoman, Banyon?"

Eric sighed, and picked the skirt and bodice up out of
the dust, beating the worst of the dirt off them. "That was
a ... personality conflict," he said, choosing his words
carefully. "Half of it was my fault, I guess. And the other
halt of the conflict was Maureen Taylor."
"That was your girl? The man-eating soprano herself?"

Ex-girl, Eric replied bitterly. "At least at the moment.
She made that abundantly clear just now. She doesn't like