"Isabo Kelly - The Heron's Call (Samhain)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kelly Isabo)

 She inhaled, let her breath out slowly until she could think past the old terror. тАЬMy mother, Kellyn, was a
sword sworn to the Aleanian Temple when she was young. But she forsook her vows to follow her
raynei .тАЭ

тАЬThat doesnтАЩt happen often with the sword sworn. She was to be a full priestess?тАЭ

тАЬNo.тАЭ Rowena smiled at the often-told tale of her parentsтАЩ first meeting. тАЬWhen she went to the Temple
to undergo the testing, a priestess had a vision. She gave my mother a prophecy about the way sheтАЩd
meet herraynei . It meant she wouldnтАЩt beтАжsuitable to become a full priestess. But she was sword
sworn to the Temple for a year before she met my father.тАЭ

тАЬAnd your father?тАЭ

Now she grinned. тАЬHeтАЩs Gryphatar.тАЭ She watched the surprise shift across his face, his eyes widening,
his mouth opening. She loved seeing that reaction when she told people about her father. She didnтАЩt tell
many, only very close friends at the Temple. Having a shape-shifter for a father, especially one of the
legendary Gryphatar, had its disadvantages. But it was worth telling Kael to see his shock.

тАЬThatтАЩs why your mother followed him,тАЭ Kael said. тАЬHe couldnтАЩt move away from Gryphaldin.тАЭ

She nodded. Gryphatar lost control of their ability to shape-shift when they stayed away from
Gryphaldin for too long. Their gryphon form would take control, overpowering any human thoughts with
the rage and territoriality of the beast. тАЬI grew up in Gryphaldin,тАЭ she said. тАЬI missed the aerie for a long
time after I moved to Malyk, to the Temple. But Malyk is my home now.тАЭ

Kael nodded, as if digesting the information sheтАЩd given him. Then his head snapped up, his gaze
sharpened. тАЬKellyn? SheтАЩs BaтАЩnariтАЩs owner, isnтАЩt she?тАЭ

Now it was RowenaтАЩs turn to be shocked, although she wasnтАЩt sure why she was so surprised. There
were so few mage swords in the world, of course the Heron would know who they were and who theyтАЩd
claimed as owners. She nodded at his question.

тАЬStrange,тАЭ he muttered, looking away, his brow creased.

тАЬWhat is?тАЭ She leaned to the side, trying to see his face. When he looked back, she straightened.

He shook his head. тАЬItтАЩs nothing. I just didnтАЩt expectтАж DoesnтАЩt matter.тАЭ He tilted his head, his gaze
sweeping over her face. тАЬYouтАЩre obviously not able to shift like your father or you wouldnтАЩt have been
able to stay away from Gryphaldin for so many years.тАЭ

тАЬMy younger sister and older brother are both Gryphatar. That trait skipped me. But I got my motherтАЩs
sword skills and my fatherтАЩs eyes.тАЭ She didnтАЩt mention the other things sheтАЩd inherited from her father.

Kael reached out and brushed a finger over her cheekbone. тАЬVery beautiful eyes at that.тАЭ

Her stomach quivered. тАЬMy motherтАЩs eyes are really beautiful. Blue and big. Her best feature, she used
to say. I always wished I had eyes like hers.тАЭ

He shook his head. тАЬNo. Your eyes are perfect.тАЭ
His big hand cupped her cheek, and it was all she could do not to rub her face against that callused