The Book of Blood Volume 4 The Body Politic Part 2

The Book of Blood Volume 4 The Body Politic Part 2

Ellen raised her head from the pillow, and for the first time they sensed her gaze on them. They'd been too involved in their argument to notice her. Now, at last, their conspiracy was uncovered. "Charlie. .." she was hissing into the tyrant's ear, "stop it, Charlie. Stop it." Right raised index and middle fingers, sniffing her presence. "Charlie she said again. Why did he always sleep s o deeply? "Charlie..." she shook him more violently as Right tapped Left, alerting it to the woman's stare. "Please Charlie, wake up." Without warning, Right leaped; Left was no more than a moment behind. Ellen yelled Charlie's name once more before they clamped themselves about her throat. In sleep Charlie was on a slave ship; the settings of his dreams were often B. de Mille exotica. In this epic his hands had been manacled together, and he was being hauled to the whipping block by his shackles to be punished for some undisclosed misdemeanor. B…