[The first English word out of the demon's mouth actually stunned him to a moment of silence. Pin-pricks of hair then rose as he could feel the creature draw near, his instincts to lash out flaring as he backed up against the head-board like a cobra corralled into a corner.
The only sound between them was the bloodied wheezing struggling through Enrico's slender nostrils, a clear sign the cartilage had been smashed and needed to be popped back into place.
Of all the times for his subordinate to abandon him... Teeth clenching behind pernicious thin lips, every tendon wound tight as a spring in a hand-gun... Maxwell swore to make the kind priest pay for leaving him to the dogs.]
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Date: 2010-06-13 01:40 am (UTC)[The first English word out of the demon's mouth actually stunned him to a moment of silence. Pin-pricks of hair then rose as he could feel the creature draw near, his instincts to lash out flaring as he backed up against the head-board like a cobra corralled into a corner.
The only sound between them was the bloodied wheezing struggling through Enrico's slender nostrils, a clear sign the cartilage had been smashed and needed to be popped back into place.
Of all the times for his subordinate to abandon him... Teeth clenching behind pernicious thin lips, every tendon wound tight as a spring in a hand-gun... Maxwell swore to make the kind priest pay for leaving him to the dogs.]