"Terry Goodkind - Sword Of Truth 10 - Phantom" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goodkind Terry)

"And yet she did. Why?" Sister Ulicia came to a stop before the girl. "Did she say anything else,
or leave a message52;perhaps a letter?"
The girl, sniffling back a sob, shook her head.
"We have no choice," Sister Ulicia muttered. "We're going to have to follow Tovi to Caska."
Sister Armina gestured toward the front door. "Tonight? In the rain? Don't you think we ought to
wait until morning?"
Sister Ulicia, deep in thought, looked up at the woman. "What if someone shows up? We don't
need any more complications if we're to accomplish our task. We certainly don't need Jagang or
his troops getting a whiff of us being about. We need to get to Tovi and we need to get that box52;
we all know what's at stake." She took the measure of both women's grave expressions before
going on. "What we don't need are any witnesses who can report that we were here and what
we're looking for."
Kahlan knew very well what Sister Ulicia was getting at.
"Please," she managed as she pushed herself up on shaky arms, "please, leave her be. She's just a
little girl. She doesn't know anything of any value to anyone."
"She knows Tovi was here. She knows what Tovi has with her." Sister Ulicia's brow drew tight
with displeasure. "She knows we were here looking for her."
Kahlan struggled to put force into her voice. "She is nothing to you. You're sorceresses; she is but
a child. She can do you no harm."
Sister Ulicia glanced briefly over her shoulder at the girl. "She also knows where we're going."
Sister Ulicia looked deliberately into Kahlan's eyes. Without turning to the girl behind her, and
with sudden force, she slammed her dacra back into the girl's midsection.
The girl gasped in shock.

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Still staring down at Kahlan, Sister Ulicia smiled at such a deed as only evil could smile. Kahlan
thought that this must be what it would be like looking into the eyes of the Keeper of the Dead in
his lair in the darkest depths of the eternity of the underworld.
Sister Ulicia arched an eyebrow. "I don't intend to leave any loose ends."
Light seemed to flash from within the girl's wide eyes. She went slack and fell heavily to the
floor. Her arms sprawled out at crazy angles. Her lifeless gaze stared fixedly right at Kahlan as if
to denounce her for not keeping her word.
Her promise to the girl52;I'll protect you52;rang through Kahlan's mind.
She cried out in helpless fury as she pounded her fists against the floor.
And then she cried out in sudden pain as she was flung back against the wall. Rather than crash to
the floor, she stuck there as if held by a great strength. The strength, she knew, was magic.
She couldn't breathe. One of the Sisters was using her power to constrict Kahlan's throat. She
strained, trying to get air, as she clawed at the iron collar around her neck.
Sister Ulicia approached and put her face close to Kahlan's.
"You are lucky this day," she said in a venomous voice. "We don't have time to make you regret
your disobedience52;not right now, anyway. But don't think that you are going to get away with
it without suffering the consequences."
"No, Sister," Kahlan managed to say with great effort. She knew that not to answer would only
make it worse yet.
"I guess that you're simply too stupid to comprehend how insignificant and powerless you are in
the face of your betters. Perhaps this time, when you are given another lesson, even one as lowly
and ignorant as you will understand it."