“Woman, what are you doing?! What kind of night waltz was just that? - Jenny mentally asked herself in Kenny's voice, heading out of the tent towards the exit from the territory.Their conversation was very strange. Feeling like a butterfly in the arms of a tarantula, she herself voluntarily scheduled the next meeting for Friday. A date she won't miss! This unusual communication disturbed her too much.Behind her thoughts, she did not notice how a granite bench appeared before her eyes, on which, in the spirit of old romantic melodramas, Andy and Trisha were kissing. Barely holding back a burst of laughter, Jenny darted behind the nearest column with posters of performing artists. I didn't want to ruin the romantic moment. Perhaps the couple has just started kissing. But the girl could not resist the victorious fist thrown into the sky."Brother well done! I hope things work out for him and Trisha!” she joyfully danced in place, under the influence of pure childish delight.The import

- Run, daughter! shouted old Peter, who had managed to go around the cinema to enter through the visitor's entrance and rush to the aid of a girl in need.On his side, there was only the suddenness and obsession of the guard with a fragile worker, because of which he initially reacted poorly to external stimuli. But as soon as the target slipped out of his hands, all the fighting frenzy fell upon the old man. How much does it take for a wizened, albeit vigorous, old man to fall on the icy floor of the basement and be unable to get up? Just a few heavy blows with a club, echoing through the corridors with the terrible sound of a solid object colliding with fragile human flesh. Peter held on bravely and with heroic tenacity tried to delay the madman in order to give the girl a better chance to escape. Under a hail of blows, feeling how the sounds begin to dissolve into an indistinct noise with a dark veil falling over his eyes, he no longer counted on his own salvation."Save yourself,

What options did I have? said Alice, blushing with shame. “In a day or two I would have been taken away by Them or eaten by the monsters of Brantford…”- Continue! - the imperious voice stopped attempts to justify herself, and the girl, mentally shrinking, obediently continued to recall unpleasant events.“I was attacked by a witch hunter in a cave. Today's guard. Then we defeated him with a stone, but he overturned the bowl, and everything spilled out, - nervously tapping her leg with her fist, the girl continued, timid from the Director's commanding tone, - time was running out, and I took a chance. She gave the mist her poison from Them and her blood. I thought that the City would restore order, and I could return to the Circus. But he… swallowed me up.“And he fulfilled my wish of almost a year ago. Live a normal life with friends and have Charlie around."The man looked at Alice for a long time. From his studying look, the girl cringed, trying to understand what the Dark Lord was

The whole procession moved behind Alice to see their Queen to the conditional transition to her personal bedchamber, respectfully remaining a little aloof. From the sight of these inhabitants of the city, all thoughts of punishing the girl left the Man, leaving endless depths of wonder. Incredible entities once inhabited a small human world. All the more surprising was the reaction of the beast herself, looking at her retinue with a calm look, devoid of panic, fear and even surprise. These are her subjects. Like the cranks of the Circus Master.As she crossed the border, the Fox shook violently as she fully felt how cold she was. Not having time to take two steps towards the Man, the girl instantly fell into the captivity of his hands, which easily lifted her, as if she were weightless. Clinging tightly to his chest, she watched the shadows of her companions disappear into the mist.“I’m afraid I’ll have to tie you up now, my dear Alice, so that you don’t run away at night!” he remark

- Good afternoon. How can I help? the Director politely replied.Next to him, the "brother" looked small and extremely vulnerable. Call Muzzlebiter, and in a couple of minutes you can get rid of the strangled body of an intruder. But you can't. Alice will not forgive even the Masked Man for such a thing. All her friends will live.Inside Andy, the certainty bubbled that her sister had been dragged into tents or freaks, or the Circus Master himself, and kept somewhere on a leash, on a chain or in a cage. Where exactly such an exact certainty came from, the Director did not even guess. A hint could have been given to the guy by a familiar pretending to be a white cat.For half a day, the brother searched for Jenny, who had disappeared from night duty, going crazy with horror. Since dawn, he, his girlfriend, all their friends and friends of their friends combed every possible place where their girlfriend could be. After a strange "enlightenment", no one dared to break into the territory