Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 125

           Theperfectexpanseofstarswasmarredonlybyadarkstripthatsplitthecityintwo—awide,unlitribbonthatwoundthroughthedotsoflightlikeafatsnake.Langdonstareddownatthemeanderingswatchofblack.

           Suddenly,likethesurgingcrestofanunexpectedwave,hopefilledhimagain.

           Withalmostmaniacalvigor,Langdonyankeddownhardwithhisrighthandonthecanopy.Thetarpsuddenlyflappedlouder,billowing,cuttingrighttofindthepathofleastresistance.Langdonfelthimselfdriftingsideways.Hepulledagain,harder,ignoringthepaininhispalm.Thetarpflared,andLangdonsensedhisbodyslidinglaterally.Notmuch.Butsome!Helookedbeneathhimagain,tothesinuousserpentofblack.Itwasofftotheright,buthewasstillprettyhigh.Hadhewaitedtoolong?HepulledwithallhismightandacceptedsomehowthatitwasnowinthehandsofGod.Hefocusedhardonthewidestpartoftheserpentand…forthefirsttimeinhislife,prayedforamiracle.

           Therestwasablur.

           Thedarknessrushingupbeneathhim…thedivinginstinctscomingback…thereflexivelockingofhisspineandpointingofthetoes…theinflatingofhislungstoprotecthisvitalorgans…theflexingofhislegsintoabatteringram…andfinally…thethankfulnessthatthewindingTiberRiverwasraging…makingitswatersfrothyandair-filled…andthreetimessofterthanstandingwater.

           Thentherewasimpact…andblackness.

           Ithadbeenthethunderingsoundoftheflappingcanopythatdrewthegroup’seyesawayfromthefireballinthesky

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