gns.cannibalcult-第15部分
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The demonic priest's foot went up and back; drove down catching the open door with the flat of his shoe; slamming it back。 It bounced off the latch; he kicked it again and this time it closed and held。
Silence。 Sabat was sweating; revolted but in a way approving because he was one of them。 Looking around; seeing a dozen or more expressionless faces staring at the closed oven door。 Not a sign of revulsion on any of them; he wondered what his own expression was。 They were either junkies or the victims of Schmid's hypnotism。 Sabat was different…he was possessed!
'The Master will be well pleased;' Andre Schmid's tones were hollow; echoing in the tiny chapel。 'Now; let us do what he would wish us to do whilst we wait。 Brothers and sisters; tonight we shall feast sumptuously; I promise you!'
The group seemed to e to life; puppets which had lain idle suddenly finding their strings being operated; moving jerkily; feverishly tearing off their clothes。 The ugly and the beautiful; all naked together; grasping for one another with lusting; searching fingers。
'Don't say you're not going to join us; Sabat。' Mocking female tones that came out of the shadows and; even as he looked; Sabat saw the naked form of Madeleine Gaufridi materialising; a sensuous female cat…beast stalking its prey。
His flesh began to prickle as her slender fingers flipped buttons; her pouted lips brushing his and jerking back like a marshland will…o'…the…wisp as he tried to engage them。 He knew that he was already fully aroused; that he would do anything she asked of him and enjoy every second of it。 His clothing fell away; every nerve in his body trembling with the thought of what lay ahead。
'You will obey my every mand tonight; Sabat!' A hiss that came from a face that was half in shadow; a she…devil spitting her venom; laughing。 He thrilled to her domination; half…cringed; and even as he reached for her she sank limply to the ground; rolling over on to her back and splaying her legs wide。 'Kiss me; Sabat!'
He crawled after her on hands and knees; fumbled to find her soft; warm moistness with his eager jabbing tongue; thrilled to her shrill squeal of delight; a sound that was taken up all around as though the half…dozen cavorting couples had been awaiting her signal。 Men were grunting; whispering their profanities。 And throughout; Sabat was hunched down obeying her mands; he was powerless to do otherwise。 He was the slave of Madeleine de Demandolx de la Palud and her lust had blinded him to all else; he smelled only the sweetness of her natural odours and not the acrid stench of burning flesh。 He heard a muffled cry of agony; screams; and a beating of fists somewhere; but they meant nothing to him。
She reached her pitch; closed over him in a suffocating; writhing grip; but still he kissed her furiously because she had ordered him to do so; buried in a dark pit where nothing else mattered。
He fell on to her when she went limp and trembling; did not even cry out when her knee crashed into his face and sent him sprawling; rising to his knees; whispering his willingness to obey。
'You want me tonight don't you; Sabat?' Her lips curled in a sneer and he nodded his mute pleading。 'Well; you shall not have me。 Show me; show us all; what you do when you are denied a woman!'
Coarse laughter but he had no pride left。 'Show us; Sabat!'
Jibes that only urged him on; a strong man weakened by a lust that was not his own; kneeling in a circle of candlelight; his body trembling as he began to obey。 Screams somewhere that were getting weaker and weaker and finally dying out; a nauseating stench that he breathed in without knowing it。
Exploding; trying to make out Madeleine Gaufridi's face amongst the pressing throng as he writhed on the floor。 Laughing with them now; exhilarated by the humiliation。
'On your feet; Sabat!' A booted foot caught him in the ribs; expelled the air from his body in one lung…searing rush; had him crying out with pain。 'On your feet; cochon; for tonight you serve not only us but the Grand Master of the Left Hand Path。 Our food is cooked。 You will carve the meat?
Euphoria was replaced by revulsion but still Sabat was eager to serve。 He managed to stand; swayed dizzily and waited for his vision to adjust; saw a blur of movement in the light from the candles and felt that blast of heat scorching and drying his sweating flesh again。 They were pushing him; hustling him to where an almost unrecognisable object sizzled and smoked on a large black dish on the trestle table。 Unrecognisable unless you knew what it was!
A carving knife and a skewer were pushed into Sabat's hands; one of the candles had been set on the table so that he could see。 The shape on the gigantic dish was charred and smoking; deformed limbs trussed。
'Carve the Master's sacred meat; Sabat。' A chant; an order。
The blade in Sabat's hand glinted; he noticed a dull patch on the sharp steel where it appeared to have rusted。
'Hurry; Sabat。' Madeleine had pushed close to him。 'It has been a long; strenuous evening and we are hungry!'
He reacted automatically; tried not to look as the skewer pierced the blackened flesh。 A hiss of air; a faint echo of a cry of torment。 Fat sizzled; juices ran。 Hotter than Hades itself。
Slicing with the blade; swaying on his feet and trying to will himself to pass out; but cruelly consciousness failed to desert him。
'We are hungry; Sabat。 Hurry!' Voices; male and female; deep and shrill; eager to fill their bellies。
Again he was the robot slave; a mechanism that obeyed with the finesse and skill of a qualified chef。 Cutting; flipping the slices on to those black plates which were snapped up with eager hands。 Hacking at stubborn bones; milling gourmets hustling him。
So unreal; a black buffet of human carnage; the coarse munching of a coven of revolting greed as they harassed him with empty plates; some even tearing their own food from the mutilated carcase。 Sabat had not intended to eat but he found his mouth full; the chewed meat slipping easily down his throat; his stomach accepting it。
Only Andre Schmid remained clothed; a cowled faceless silhouette standing by the coffin watching them。 Sabat felt the other's power; the sheer force of it dominating his every action; controlling the movement of his fork from plate to lips and back again。
So cold; the candles spluttering and dimming; figures lying on the floor too spent to copulate again; their stomachs bloated with the unholy meat。 A voice; it had to be Andre Schmid's; a whisper that vibrated and had them cringing。 'Accept our offering; O Great One; for tonight we have feasted as you would have us feast and we ask you to be with us on Walpurgisnacht when the body of Silvain Nevillon shall be given life again。 Let him emerge as one of us; to guide us。'
One candle was already out; the other flickering its last; casting weird shapes that were icy cold when their black fingers brushed against human flesh。 Sabat fought to close his eyes but the lids would not move。 He saw faces that came and went and were replaced by others; human shapes that dropped on to all fours and became snarling beasts; heard cries of the damned。 Eyes that glowed like burning coals and died amidst a chorus of torment。 Things that were unrecognisable except one frail shadowed shape; a hideous misshapen child that writhed and smoked and cursed unintelligibly。 A fury that went beyond the realms of mortal anger; trying to get at them but being pulled back by invisible hands。 Screaming; crying in its helplessness; being dragged away into the darkness; but even as it was disappearing it managed to free one hand; pointed it accusingly at Sabat。 And then it was gone as though it had never been。
Sabat felt the tears of grief and shame welling up inside him; but before they could burst forth he had pitched forward into that dark unfathomable pit; so cooling after the heat of that oven。
CHAPTER NINE
IT WAS full daylight when Sabat stir