"David Wilson - Vampire Book 2 - To Speak With Lifeless Tongues" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wilson David Niall)

sight of Him, but His words seeped through the wall
of concentration sheтАЩd erected as easily as wind
beneath an ill-fitting door. The taste of anticipation
altered, but she continued her prayer.
тАЬI have waited for this moment,тАЭ the Dark One
whispered, breathing the words into her ear and
sending tingles of energy rippling down her arms,
standing the soft hairs on end as it passed. SheтАЩd
never been so intimately close to a man, not since
her vows had removed her from the mainstream of
life. She felt the magnetic pull of his flesh and
nearly cried out in shame and desire at once.
тАЬLeave meтАжтАЭ she rasped, surprising herself with
the strength of her words. тАЬReturn to whatever
shadow spawned you, leave meтАФusтАФin peace.тАЭ
тАЬI cannot do that, Agnes,тАЭ the shadow continued
smoothly. тАЬYou mean so very much to me now. I
have learned from you, but I have shared so little.
It is time for you to learn what I have to offer, as
your little sisters have done. You want that, donтАЩt
you, Agnes?тАЭ
She turned her head farther away, aware that the
motion bared her throat, and tossed the graying
locks of her hair aside in the same motion, though
she knew it was not proper. There was no touch,
not of breath or of pain. All that she sensed was His
nearness, and it wore away at her control as he
continued to speak.
TO SPEAK WITH LIFELESS TONGUES
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тАЬYou pray to a savior who has been too long gone
from the earth,тАЭ he said. тАЬYou waste your life and
your love on one who will see you only after you
have fallen to dust, if ever. You were a beautiful
woman, AgnesтАжfull of life.тАЭ
тАЬI serve my Lord,тАЭ she whispered desperately. тАЬI
will stand at his side in Glory, and this will be nothing
but a dark moment in timeтАФa nothingness
without meaning.тАЭ
тАЬYou are wrong,тАЭ he said, laying one hand gently
on her shoulder. тАЬYou will still be standing when
he comes again, in the flesh that binds you now,
and he will turn away.тАЭ
Then the pain came, the bite of something sharp
penetrating her throat, followed by wave upon
wave of pleasure. She shuddered, and her arms
dropped to her sides in sudden release, then returned
to their grips on the chair. She felt the life
draining swiftly from her aged frame, and she felt
the faith of a lifetime being stolen away. It was too