Unlimited - страница 32

Time pressed when Victoria finished scanning the last page. She put on a jacket, grasped her knapsack, USB flash drive and rushed to the underground.

June did its part. The underground wasn’t too much crowded: many people were on their vacations, students were at home studying examination cards. Victoria forgot completely about her exams and diploma. So, it happens like that when love and passion appear all the other feelings and deeds have to be got out of head.

The stranger said that he would be waiting for her in the middle of the Okhotny Ryad metro station. He would be wearing a white shirt, jeans, cap and gymshoes.

Without too much struggle she recognized the young man among the crowd. He was staying, leaning back on the rail, pulled his cap over his eyes. There was a closed right-angled box in his hand.

‘Hi’ she came up to him.

She didn’t feel any hesitation as she just needed the information.

‘Hi,’ he answered and lifted his eyes.

His eyes were of very beautiful colour. They were chestnut-coloured but also seemed to be of some wine-red colour. Yes, his eyes were too beautiful, but one couldn’t say the same about his face. He had an eagle nose, curve thin lips and bulged out cheekbones.

‘What’s your name?’ he asked.

His voice was pleasant one could listen to it for a long time.

‘Vic, and yours?’ she gazed into his eyes trying to understand any thoughts.

‘Sergey. Now I know your name. And before I wanted to call you just crazy.’

‘Why?’ Vic smiled.

‘Could a sane person want to call for Lucifer?’

Victoria lowered her eyes, hiding the smile.

‘Have you printed your book?’

‘My printer has run out of colour. I’ve got a USB flash and my laptop to prove that it’s not empty.’

‘Foreseeing that’ the guy mystically smiled, ‘I’ve got my laptop, too. Let’s go to a café to work if you agree?’

‘Sure, let’s go.’

They got to Manezhnaya Square, found a cosy bar and took coffee. There were two laptops on the table. The young man was looking through the files on the flash. With a happy smile Victoria was swarming in the copies.

Even on the scanned pages she could see that the book didn’t belong to the XXI century. With no problem she found the necessary spell how to tie a demon to. The girl got into the ritual.

‘Where did you get this book, you say?’ Sergey asked, clicking the scans.

‘An old woman sold it.’ Victoria was busy with her own business.

‘It’s a good book. I’m sure there’s only one version of it… Keep it in safe.’

‘Where did you get yours?’

‘My great-great grandmother left it.’

‘Are you a witch?’ Vic asked amazed.

‘A witcher. In the 6^>th generation. I’m studying to be a witcher. You, on the contrary, seem to know nothing how the magical world is organized.’

‘I don’t conceal it. I’ve discovered this world since recently. Honesty I’m not still sure that it really exists. It’s too much unusual…’

‘You have lots of time to make sure that another world exists. You’ll understand that we are always observed. We have guardians, they guard us. Surely, you had such moments when you wanted to take a step on the road and in the nick of time you stepped back. There were good reasons why. A car rushed out of the corner at the last second and if you had taken that step, then there’d have been coronach at your home. We have those who misdirect us. Bogies, witches, pucks and water spirits, all of them are real. Why do you need Lucifer, by the way? What a dispute does he have to settle?’