"Naomi Kritzer - Dead Rivers 3 - Freedom's Sisters" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kritzer Naomi)

last time. The eldress watched her without speaking, a faint smile on her face. Janiya poured tea.

As we ate, I told Janiya and the eldress where Lauria and I had gone, and what we saw and learned. I told them
the Sisterhood of Weavers was running short of karenite. I told them about the rogue sorceresses who called
themselves the Younger Sisters, and the Servant Sisterhood that wanted control of the Empire. I told them about
freeing Nika and Melaina, Uljas and Burkut, SophosтАЩs harem, Prax and the others from the mine. The eldress
listened to my story without interrupting. Then she looked at Janiya. тАЬDo you think the djinni were right? Did she
bring us something we need?тАЭ

тАЬInformation,тАЭ Janiya said. тАЬOur enemies have enemies of their own.тАЭ

тАЬWe canтАЩt trust the Younger Sisters,тАЭ I said. тАЬAny more than we can trust the Servant Sisterhood. We have
karenite. They all need it.тАЭ

тАЬBut perhaps we could persuade them to fight among themselves,тАЭ the eldress said. тАЬPerhaps we could offer an
alliance to the Younger SistersтАФa gift of karenite, provided they move now against their тАШelders.тАЩ тАЭ

тАЬThe Younger Sisters would become their own problem, in time,тАЭ Janiya said. тАЬBut in the short termтАжтАЭ

тАЬWho would we go to?тАЭ I asked. тАЬDo you know who the leader of the Younger Sisters is?тАЭ Janiya and the eldress
both looked at me. тАЬOh, no. I donтАЩt know. I wouldnтАЩt even know where to start.тАЭ

тАЬWith the corrupt steward of the WeaversтАЩ farm, Lycurgus,тАЭ the eldress said. тАЬLauria tangled with the Younger
Sisters when she went to rescue Burkut. Or perhaps the sorceress you approached in Daphnia.тАЭ

тАЬWe almost got ourselves killed in Daphnia!тАЭ

тАЬLast time. Surely youтАЩd know how to be discreet if you went again.тАЭ

It would have been disrespectful to shout тАЬyouтАЩre mad!тАЭ at an eldress, so I bit my tongue and lowered my eyes.

тАЬWe can give you karenite, enough to enslave an entire army of djinni if thatтАЩs what the Younger Sisters choose
to do,тАЭ the eldress said. тАЬUse it to sow discord among our enemies.тАЭ



file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/harry/Bureaublad/N...20-%20Freedom's%20Sisters/Krit_0553902784_oeb_c01_r1.htm (5 of 7)5-1-2007 1:01:36
 FreedomтАЩsSisters

My stomach twisted at the thought of all those new spell-chains. тАЬI donтАЩt want to help anyone enslave an army of
djinni.тАЭ

тАЬEven if it saves the Alashi?тАЭ

I looked away again. I had tried my hardest to keep Lauria from binding a single djinn, even though she was sure
it was the only way to free Prax. I knew I should refuse now. But I also knew the Alashi really were in danger. So
instead I said, тАЬAlone? IтАЩd be robbed by bandits.тАЭ

тАЬOf course not alone. Janiya can go with you.тАЭ