"Tanya Huff - Death Rites" - читать интересную книгу автора (Huff Tanya)
Eyes locked on the ravens, Zayit started. "Your decision, sir?"
"About the siege, Commander." Turning, he smiled down at her. "I doubt the Emperor, my cousin, needs
to be kept abreast of carrion."
"Yes, sir." She remained where she was until she heard the tent flap fall, and then she stayed a moment
longer as the senior of the soldiers standing guard murmured, "Why aren't the ravens feeding?"
They were standing, one at each end of the body, looking toward the camp.
The marshal of the Seventh Army was the Emperor's cousin and that brought his message directly to the
Emperor. His Imperial Majesty read the report and asked to speak personally with the courier.
"Meaning no disrespect, Majesty," Marshal Usef of the First Army protested, "but why?"
"Why indeed?" the Emperor asked dryly. "Given that Arnon allowed the traitor to reach the hill fort in
the first place, I find it difficult to believe things are going as well as he suggests."
"You think he lies to you, Majesty?"
"I think he omits detail, Usef."
Face flushed, the Emperor slid forward to the edge of his throne. "Do I understand you to say that
"Yes, Majesty."
"When he could have recovered the body?"
"Yes, Majesty."
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"And this is known?"
"Yes, Majesty."
The Emperor lifted his gaze from the kneeling courier, met Marshal Usef's eye, and jerked his head
toward the door. When the courier was gone and the two men were alone, he growled, "Didn't we send
our cousin to the South Province to keep him out of trouble?"
"Yes, Majesty. You'd observed he was neither stupid nor without ambition."
"I've changed my mind about the stupid part." He slapped the rolled report against his thigh. "He'll send
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