"Paul S. Kemp - Erevis Cale 3 - Midnight's Mask" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kemp Paul S)

thought he did. RivenтАЩs betrayal had been planned, or at
least Cale thought it had. Unless he had dreamed it. . . .
Beside him, Magadon rolled over with a groan, still
breathing hard.
тАЬDemonтАЩs teeth,тАЭ the guide swore, and his voice echoed
loudly, jarring in the silence.
Beside Magadon, Jak sat up with a groan of his own.
He looked around blindly, eyes wide. тАЬI canтАЩt see a thing.
Cale?тАЭ
Cale had become so accustomed to his ability to see

6 тАв Paul S. Kemp
perfectly in darkness that he forgot that others could not.
The chamber was as dark as a devilтАЩs heart, thick with the
black air of the Plane of Shadow.
тАЬHere, little man,тАЭ he answered, and reached out a hand
to touch JakтАЩs shoulder. The halямВing clutched his hand and
gave it a brief squeeze.
тАЬI will get a light,тАЭ Magadon said. He unstrapped
his pack and searched for a sunrod. Cale remembered
that MagadonтАЩs ямБendish heritage allowed him to see in
the darkness, probably not as well as a shade, but well
enough.
Cale stood, wincing as the last of his wounds closed.
тАЬCan the Skulls track us? тАЭ Magadon asked as he
searched his pack.
Cale had not considered that. тАЬI donтАЩt see how,тАЭ he said
after a momentтАЩs thought. As far as he knew, his ability to
walk the shadows between worlds left no footprints.
The guide nodded, found the sunrod he sought within
his pack. He struck it on the chamber ямВoor and the
alchemical substance on its tip ямВared to life. He held
it aloft and lit the cavernтАФdimly. The darkness gave
ground only grudgingly.
Jak and Magadon blinked in the sudden illumination,
but Cale felt a part of him boil away in the sunrodтАЩs light.
He refused to cover his eyes despite the sting. His shadow
hand, he was pleased to see, had not disappeared. Per-
haps only real sunlight could cause that.
тАЬThe Plane of Shadow,тАЭ Jak observed, eyeing their
surroundings. тАЬBut where this time? This is not where
we were before.тАЭ
A large natural cavern opened around them. Loose
stone and stalagmites covered the uneven ямВoor. Irregu-
larly shaped holes in the walls opened onto tunnels
that led into darkness. An oily black substance clung in
patches to the stone. It shimmered in the sunrodтАЩs light
like polished basalt. Water dripped from the stalactite-
dotted ceiling to fall into a dark pool in the center of the