"Sharon Green - [ebel 01 - Rebel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Green Sharon)

apartment with everything you need and want, but instead you - тАЬ
тАЬWhat I did or didnтАЩt do is none of your business, Zinder,тАЭ Adair interrupted, having no trouble meeting
the manтАЩs gaze. тАЬWhat I will do is more to the point, and that will definitely be your business. If I donтАЩt
have something to read to occupy my time, IтАЩll have to find a different activity to entertain me until I leave.
If I were you IтАЩd want me to read, but donтАЩt let me influence your choice. YouтАЩre the one in charge, after
allтАжтАЭ
ZinderтАЩs jaw tightened and his head came up when Adair just let her words trail off, knowing a threat
when he heard it. Or a promise, which was more to the point. Adair had never taken well to being
pushed around, and right now there was no reason to put up with that kind of nonsense. A moment later
Zinder nodded curtly, then stomped off to get the books Adair wanted.
It wasnтАЩt long before the books were brought, but not by Zinder. A couple of servants came in with what
seemed like half of AdairтАЩs library, and a third servant brought clothing and other assorted items from her
bedchamber. The books were put on the shelves in the sitting room, and the rest was taken into her new
bedchamber. The three servants hurried out of the apartment then, not one of them pausing to even
glance at Adair. From
time to time every servant in the house had shown how much they disapproved of AdairтАЩs doings, which
meant Adair had ignored them along with everyone else.
Just before the three servants left a fourth servant brought a tea service, so once she was alone again
Adair chose a book, got a cup of tea, then sat down to read. She wasnтАЩt really in the mood to read, not
after having been free for two days, but her capture would end in the morning when she left for the
palace. After that she would have her plans to be rejected as a bride to occupy her, and once she was
rejectedтАж
Adair put her book down and leaned her head back, at the same time closing her eyes. She hadnтАЩt
answered her father about where she meant to go when heтАЩd asked, but not because sheтАЩd wanted to be
difficult. She didnтАЩt know where she would go, at least not specifically. Her first objective was to leave
the kingdom, the only place she knew anything about. After thatтАж After that she would have to wait and
see what other places were like, and if they were no different from what sheтАЩd left behindтАж
тАЬIf everywhere is the same as here, I wonтАЩt care what happens to me then,тАЭ she whispered, stating a
conclusion sheтАЩd come to even before she left. She longed for a place where she fit in as easily as
everyone else seemed to in this place, but if there was no place like that then what was the point of
continuing to fight? Fighting to protect something you had or to gain something you wanted made sense,
but just fighting for the sake of fighting? No, Adair had no interest in wasting her time like that, but first
sheтАЩd have to see for herself that everywhere else was the same as here.
A number of hours passed in the land of fiction, and then a knock came at AdairтАЩs door. Zinder had
interrupted her once to say that her father wanted her to bathe and dress before coming down to dinner,
and sheтАЩd spent only a moment telling Zinder what they all could do with dinner. The way Zinder had
slammed the door closed again made Adair believe that sheтАЩd be given the same thing for dinner that
sheтАЩd had for lunch - absolutely nothing - but that idea turned out to be wrong.
Servants came in with dinner on a cart, and after a very brief hesitation Adair went to the table and ate. If
she hadnтАЩt agreed to go to the palace she would have refused the food no matter how hungry she felt, but
now refusal made no sense. So she ate the meal, let the old tea service be replaced with fresh, then
waited for the servants to come for the empty dishes. Once the servants were gone again, Adair went to
take a bath.
Soaking in the hot water felt really good, but having a bath on a regular basis was one of the things Adair
knew sheтАЩd have to forget about for a while once she was on the road again. Or at least that had been a
necessity when sheтАЩd had so little gold, but once she set out again she would be able to stop at inns at
night. She still didnтАЩt like the idea of going to the palace, but the benefits in agreeing were too many to
ignore.
A number of night shifts had been brought to her new bedchamber, so Adair chose one in blue to wear
until she went to bed. She usually wore nothing when she slept, another doing her servants had hated, but