"Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth 2 - Stone of Tears" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goodkind Terry)

Magic! Rachel remembered the magic fire stick Wizard Giller had given her. She
reached into her pocket and put her ringers around it. -Maybe Chase would need
her help. She wouldn't let that thing hurt her new father. She would be brave.

'Is it dangerous?'

Zedd looked up at Chase from under his eyebrows. 'If it's what I think it is,
and it were to fall into the wrong hands, "dangerous" wouldn't even begin to
describe it.'

'Then maybe we should drop it down a deep hole, or destroy it.'

'Can't. We may need it.'

'What if we hide it?'

That's what I'm thinking. The problem is where. There are things to take into
consideration. I need to take Adie to Aydindril and study the prophecies with
her before I know for sure what to do with the stone, and what to do about the
boxes.'
'And until then? Until you know for sure?'

Rachel looked over to the dark thing. It was closer, as close as the wall came
to them. With its claws over the top of the wall, it lifted its head up and
looked right into her eyes.

The thing grinned at her, showing long, sharp teeth. Her breath caught in her
throat. Its shoulders shook. It was laughing. Rachel's eyes were as big as
they would go. She could hear her heartbeats making a whooshing sound in her
ears.

'Father ...' she whined in a small voice.

He didn't look down. He just shushed her. The thing put its leg over the wall
and dropped down in front, still looking at her, still laughing. Its shiny
eyes looked at Chase and Zedd. It hissed and then laughed as it hunched down.

Rachel tugged Chase's pant leg and strained to make her voice work. 'Father
... it's coming.'

'All right Rachel. Zedd, I still don't know ...'

With a howl the dark thing sprang into the open. It ran like a streak, just a
blur of black. Rachel screamed. Chase spun just as it hit him. Claws flashed
through the air. Chase fell to the ground as the thing leapt on Zedd.

The wizard's arms flailed about. Flashes of light shot from Zedd's fingers,
bouncing off the dark thing and tearing up dirt or stone where they hit. The
thing knocked Zedd to the ground.