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."Yes, something's wrong, something is very wrong, but unfortunately, I find myself in aposition "I had a sudden premonition of what he was going to say." of needing to ask you for help.""Yes," I said immediately, squeezing his hand and all but jumping up and down with the warm glow ofpleasure that filled me.He needed me! He wanted my help! He finally acknowledged the fact that I wasthe one who was put on this earth to aid him in his greatest hour of need."You don't even know what I want you to do," he answered, pulling me to a halt behind the auraphotography booth.His lovely eyes were grim."I don't care, I'll do it.""It's dangerous " He ran a hand through his curls,then shook his head."Hell, what am I doing? It's toodangerous foryou, I can't ask you to put yourself in that sort of a situation.""Yes, you can.Raphael, I trust you.I know you'll keep me safe no matter what I have to do."He stared at me for a moment,then took my face in his hands."Baby, I wish there were another way,but ""I'll doit, I'm happy to, honest.""There's no time to come up with another plan ""I'll do it, Raphael, I'll do it! Do you hear me? I'LL DO IT!"" and Bartos feels that you are the key& I know he's right, but still ""I'll make a very good key," I promised."I'll be the best damned key there ever was.Let me help you,please!"He looked me straight in the eyes, indecision mingling with regret and love in his face.He kissed me,hard and fast, his mouth gone before I could respond."I need you to help trap Tanya's murderer."My legs went a bit weak at his words."Anything, Bob, I'll do anything you need me to do.Um& thiswouldn't involve guns, would it? Because I don't like guns, and I don't know how to shoot one."He turned us toward the long lawn, where the main stage was set up."No guns.You have to doeverything I say, exactly as I tell you."I saluted him."Aye-aye,mon capitaine."Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html"I'm serious, Joy.If you do anything, anything that I don't instruct you to do, I'll pull you out.Do youunderstand?""I'm your woman," I reassured him."I won't even breathe without your express permission."He sighed again and nodded to Bartos as we passed him."I don't like it, but& hell.Paal and Christian'smen will stay with you until it's time to bring you to the caves."Excitement rippled through me at the thought.Here I was, madly in love with a dashing spy and heneeded my help to catch a killer.Could life get any better?It could, as a matter of fact.Raphael stopped at one side of the stage, his thumb rubbing gently on mywrist.I smiled secretly to myself.Now he would tell me everything, now he would bare his soul and takeme wholly and completely into his confidence, proving without a doubt that he trusted me with his life."Paal will bring you to me after the magic show," Raphael said before turning to speak a few words withHenri.Then he left he just left, walked off without even a glance back at me.So much for trust.By the time I stopped glaring at Raphael's disappearing figure, the crowd was gathering to sit on theground before the stage.It was a low wooden structure about two feet off the ground, ringed with largeblack speakers used later by the bands, and backed by an area of draperies hung on a metal frame.Roxy had told me how much she enjoyed Dominic's magic act, saying it was surprisingly professional,much better than the phony vampire act he put on.Since I couldn't shake the two watchdogs who stuckto me like glue, and because I wanted to tell Roxy the latest news, I searched the crowd until I spottedher, following her to the spot near the stage she had staked out earlier.I whispered the plan to her,then spent several long minutes rehashing my feelings for Raphael until Roxyfinally had enough."Be quiet.Dominic is going to do this really cool disappearing trick.He goes into a glass box, it fills withsmoke, and when it clears, he's gone.Then they do the smoke thing again, and voilà! He reappears.It'sreally great.I can't figure out how he does it, since the box is made of glass and they twirl it around onstage so you can see all the sides.""Hrmph."I sat with my arms crossed and pouted slightly.I'd much rather talk about Raphael than watchsome silly magic act."I wonder if he's going to do what he did lastnight? ""What's that?" I asked,toying with the brooch Christian had lent me."Dominic went into the box, andMilos came out of it.I didn't know Milos was a magician, but he didsome pretty amazing things after that [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]