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

The dark thing looked at Zedd standing there, and a big grin with sharp teeth
came to its face again. It laughed that awful laugh and tore at the ground as
it started in a rush toward the wizard.

Zedd threw his hands up. Dirt and grass flew up in the air around the thing.
It was lifted into the air. Bolts of blue lightning struck it from all around
before it hit the ground. It howled in laughter as it thudded to the ground,
smoking.

Something else happened, Rachel couldn't tell what, and the thing stopped with
its arms stretched out, like it was trying to run, but its feet were stuck. It
howled and twisted, but couldn't move. Zedd's arms swirled around in circles
and he threw them out once more. The ground shook as if from thunder and there
were flashes of light hitting the thing. It laughed and there was a breaking
sound, like wood snapping, and the thing started toward Zedd.

Zedd began walking again. The thing stopped and frowned. Then the wizard
stopped and threw his arms out again. A terrible ball of fire went through the
air toward the thing as it ran for Zedd. The ball of fire made a loud scream
and grew bigger as it flew toward the dark thing.

The fire hit so hard it made the ground shake. The blue and yellow light was
so bright Rachel had to squint as she was walking backward. The ball of fire
stayed in that one place as it burned and made a loud roar.

Smoking, the dark thing stepped out of the fire, its shoulders shaking as it
laughed. The flames went out in little sparks that flew around in the air.

'Bags,' the wizard said as he started walking backward.

Rachel didn't know what 'bags' meant, but Chase had told Zedd not to say it in
front of little ears. She didn't know what that meant either. The wizard's
wavy, white hair was all messed up and sticking out in clumps.

Rachel and Chase were on the path through the trees, almost to the door. Zedd
was walking backward toward them as the dark thing watched. Zedd stopped and
the thing started coming again.

Walls of flame shot up in front of it. The air smelled like smoke and roared
with noise. The thing stepped through the wall of fire. Zedd made another, and
it stepped through that, too.

When the wizard started walking again, it stopped by a short, vine-covered
wall, watching. Fat vines ripped off the wall by themselves and grew suddenly
longer. They whipped around the dark thing as it stood there, tangling all
around it. Zedd was almost up with them.

'Where are we going?' Chase asked him.