"Elenium 02 - The Ruby Knight" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

Bevier's eyes widened and the blood drained from his
olive-skinned face as he slowly gathered Vanion's
meaning.
'Why did she kill him?' Kalten asked. 'Revenge for
locking her up in that cloister?'
'No, I don't think' so,' Sparhawk told him. "I think it
was a part of the overall scheme she and Annias had
hatched. First they poisoned Aldreas and then Ehlana.'
'So the way to the throne would be clear for Arissa's
bastard son?' Kalten surmised.
"It's sort of logical,' Sparhawk agreed. "It fits together
even tighter when you know that Lycheas the bastard is
Annias's son too.'
'A Churchman?' Tynian said, looking a bit startled.
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'Do you people here in Elenia have different rules from
the rest of us?'
'Not really, no,' Vanion replied. 'Annias seems to feel
that he's above the rules, and Arissa goes out of her way
to break them.'
'Arissa's always been just a little indiscriminate,'
Kalten added. 'Rumour has it that she was on very
friendly terms with just about every man in Cimmura.'
'That might be a slight exaggeration,' Vanion said. He
stood up and went to the window. 'I'll pass this
information on to Patriarch Dolmant,' he said, looking
out at the foggY night. 'He may be able to make some use
of it when the time comes to elect a new Archprelate.'
'And perhaps the Earl of Lenda might be able to use it
as well,' Sephrenia suggested. 'The royal council is
corrupt, but even they might balk if they find that Annias
is trying to put his own bastard son on the throne.' She
looked at Sparhawk. 'What else did Aldreas tell you?' she
asked.
"just one other thing. We know we need some magic
object to cure Ehlana. He told me what it is. It's Bhelliom.
It's the only thing in the world with enough power.'
Sephrenia's face blanched. 'No!' she gasped. 'Not
Bhelliom!'
'That's what he told me.'
"It presents a big problem,' Ulath declared. 'Bhelliom's
been lost since the Zemoch war, and even if we're lucky
enough to find it, it won't respond unless we have the
rings.'
'rings?' Kalten asked.
'The Troll-Dwarf, Ghwerig, made Bhelliom,' Ulath
explained. 'Then he made a pair of rings to unlock its
power. Without the rings, Bhelliom's useless.'
'We already have the rings,' Sephrenia told him