Dust of the Damned (9781101554005) (2012)
Dust of the Damned (9781101554005)
“when Leonora’s brother yawned suddenly, and said, “Forget it, Pedro. No one can satisfy my sister’s goatish lust. No one. Not even I—her brother!”
He laughed and began to haul himself to his feet, casting his eyes toward the tree behind which Angel was hunkered. She drew her head back behind the cottonwood and gritted her teeth as Rafael continued to laugh his menacing, high, squeaking laugh, and said in slurred Spanish that it was time to drain his dragon.
Leonora said, “Thank God I was that drunk only once, Rafael!”
“As I remember, mi hermana, you came pretty close to enjoying yourself.”
Spitting sounds of revulsion rose from the other side of Angel’s tree. At the same time, she heard Rafael’s laughter and saw a long shadow stretch across the ground to her left. The hatless silhouette continued to angle off through the trees in the direction from which Angel had come.
Rafael followed it, passing so close to the cottonwood that Angel could smell the sour tequila sweat mixing with the... typical death stench of the hobgobbie.MoreLess
He laughed and began to haul himself to his feet, casting his eyes toward the tree behind which Angel was hunkered. She drew her head back behind the cottonwood and gritted her teeth as Rafael continued to laugh his menacing, high, squeaking laugh, and said in slurred Spanish that it was time to drain his dragon.
Leonora said, “Thank God I was that drunk only once, Rafael!”
“As I remember, mi hermana, you came pretty close to enjoying yourself.”
Spitting sounds of revulsion rose from the other side of Angel’s tree. At the same time, she heard Rafael’s laughter and saw a long shadow stretch across the ground to her left. The hatless silhouette continued to angle off through the trees in the direction from which Angel had come.
Rafael followed it, passing so close to the cottonwood that Angel could smell the sour tequila sweat mixing with the... typical death stench of the hobgobbie.MoreLess
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