Blood Puppet

ISBN-13: 9781532766510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 132 str.

Trevor R. Fairbanks; Paul Chatem

Opis

THE BRUTAL REVENGE OF A MAN DAMNED actual 99th page: Your hand was steady even as you drew that razor blade across your chest." I swallowed. "I am the Master of Scarlet. I always was. I always will be." "Yes," he said. "I know that, Rut. And I know that you believe that, Rut. But I've been watching you more often of late." "You have?" "From behind my piano I can see you. I had a mirror installed across the tent so I can see your face." "And ..." "I see you in pain, Rut." There it was. The words were between us. That was why I had the nice sheets lately. That was the reason I had a good breakfast in the morning. "There is no pain," I told him. "I feel no pain." "Are you certain of that?" he asked me. To that I had no answer. Mr. Crock was right. Of late I had been feeling pain on stage. But it would not stop me. I was the Master of Scarlet. "You will tell me, won't you? You will tell me when you can no longer do your act." I looked down at the plate of food. "This is delicious," I told him, swallowing the last strip of bacon. "Yes, well. I'm glad you are enjoying it." He smiled, letting bare fingers dance across my back. "Like I said, have a good show tonight."