"Maria V. Snyder - Poison 1 - Poison Study" - читать интересную книгу автора (Snyder Maria V)

Chapter Twenty-Eight



Chapter Twenty-Nine



Chapter Thirty



Chapter Thirty-One



Chapter Thirty-Two




COMING NEXT MONTH


Chapter One
L ocked in darkness that surrounded me like a coffin, I had nothing to distract me from my memories.
Vivid recollections waited to ambush me whenever my mind wandered.

Encompassed by the blackness, I remembered white-hot flames stabbing at my face. Though my hands
had been tied to a post that dug sharply into my back, I had recoiled from the onslaught. The fire had
pulled away just before blistering my skin, but my eyebrows and eyelashes had long since been singed
off.

тАЬPut the flames out!тАЭ a manтАЩs rough voice had ordered. I blew at the blaze through cracked lips. Dried
by fire and fear, the moisture in my mouth had gone and my teeth radiated heat as if they had been baked
in an oven.

тАЬIdiot,тАЭ he cursed. тАЬNot with your mouth. Use your mind. Put the flames out with your mind.тАЭ

Closing my eyes, I attempted to focus my thoughts on making the inferno disappear. I was willing to do
anything, no matter how irrational, to persuade the man to stop.

тАЬTry harder.тАЭ Once again the heat swung near my face, the bright light blinding me in spite of my closed
eyelids.

тАЬSet her hair on fire,тАЭ a different voice instructed. He sounded younger and more eager than the other
man. тАЬThat should encourage her. Here, Father, let me.тАЭ
My body jerked with intense fear as I recognized the voice. I twisted to loosen the bonds that held me as
my thoughts scattered into a mindless buzzing. A droning noise had echoed from my throat and grew