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Название книги: Night Shift
Автор(ы): Lilith Saintcrow
Жанр: Мистика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Night-Shift-194050.html
Prologue
"Sit. There."A wooden chair in the middle of a flat expanse of hardwood floor, lonely under cold fluorescent light.I lowered myself gingerly, curled my fingers over the ends of the armrests, and commended my soul to God.Well, maybe not actually commended. Maybe I was just praying really, really hard.He circled the chair, every step just heavy enough to make a noise against bare floorboards. My weapons and my coat were piled by the door, and even the single knife I'd kept, safe in its sheath strapped to my thigh, was no insurance. I was locked in a room with a hungry tiger who stepped, stepped, turning just a little each time.I didn't shift my weight.Instead, I stared across the room, letting my eyes unfocus. Not enough to wall myself up inside my head—that was a death sentence. A hunter is always alert, Mikhail says. Always. Any inattention is an invitation to Death.And Death likes invitations.The hellbreed became a shadow each time he passed in front of me, counterclockwise, and I was beginning to wonder i
Название книги: Night Shift
Автор(ы): Lilith Saintcrow
Жанр: Мистика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Night-Shift-194050.html
Prologue
"Sit. There."A wooden chair in the middle of a flat expanse of hardwood floor, lonely under cold fluorescent light.I lowered myself gingerly, curled my fingers over the ends of the armrests, and commended my soul to God.Well, maybe not actually commended. Maybe I was just praying really, really hard.He circled the chair, every step just heavy enough to make a noise against bare floorboards. My weapons and my coat were piled by the door, and even the single knife I'd kept, safe in its sheath strapped to my thigh, was no insurance. I was locked in a room with a hungry tiger who stepped, stepped, turning just a little each time.I didn't shift my weight.Instead, I stared across the room, letting my eyes unfocus. Not enough to wall myself up inside my head—that was a death sentence. A hunter is always alert, Mikhail says. Always. Any inattention is an invitation to Death.And Death likes invitations.The hellbreed became a shadow each time he passed in front of me, counterclockwise, and I was beginning to wonder i
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