Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 1

           Tooexhaustedtobeannoyed,Langdonforcedatiredchuckle.

           God’speople,hethought.TwothousandyearsofwaitingfortheirMessiah,andthey’restillpersistentashell.

           Wearily,hereturnedhisemptymugtothekitchenandwalkedslowlytohisoak-paneledstudy.Theincomingfaxlayinthetray.Sighing,hescoopedupthepaperandlookedatit.

           Instantly,awaveofnauseahithim.

           Theimageonthepagewasthatofahumancorpse.Thebodyhadbeenstrippednaked,anditsheadhadbeentwisted,facingcompletelybackward.Onthevictim’schestwasaterribleburn.Themanhadbeenbranded…imprintedwithasingleword.ItwasawordLangdonknewwell.Verywell.Hestaredattheornateletteringindisbelief.

           "Illuminati,"hestammered,hisheartpounding.Itcan’tbe…

           Inslowmotion,afraidofwhathewasabouttowitness,Langdonrotatedthefax180degrees.Helookedatthewordupsidedown.

           Instantly,thebreathwentoutofhim.Itwaslikehehadbeenhitbyatruck.Barelyabletobelievehiseyes,herotatedthefaxagain,readingthebrandright-sideupandthenupsidedown.

           "Illuminati,"hewhispered.

           Stunned,Langdoncollapsedinachair.Hesatamomentinutterbewilderment.Gradually,hiseyesweredrawntotheblinkingredlightonhisfaxmachine.Whoeverhadsentthisfaxwasstillontheline…waitingtotalk.Langdongazedattheblinkinglightalongtime.

           Then,trembling,hepickedupthereceiver.

           

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