"Holly Lisle - World Gates 02 - Wreck of Heaven" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lisle Holly)

first memory was of stumbling naked through the forest. Her only clues about her return were the leaves
in her hair and the dirt under her fingernails.

The sleek, heavy gold necklace purred around her neck almost as if it were a cat held to her throat. She
didnтАЩt want to think about the necklace, or about being the Vodi; she didnтАЩt really want to think about
being alive, or why that was wrong. She wanted to enjoy being with Seolar. She wanted to be in love,
and happy, and carefree in a world as far from the trailer park in Cat Creek as any human being could
conceivably get.

тАЬYou werenтАЩt born to be carefree,тАЭ she muttered at her reflection in the mirror. The mirror only
emphasized that truth. On Earth sheтАЩd been of average height, moderately attractive, and clearly human.
Oria had changed that, and her unexpected return from death had changed it even more. Her hair now
fell to her waist, its color a copper so glossy it looked metallic. SheтАЩd grown both taller and thinnerтАФshe
guessed she stood around six feet now, but couldnтАЩt be certain since she lacked any mechanism to
convert local measurements to those familiar to her; she was still short by vey├вr standards. The bone
structure of her face had new angles, high cheekbones, and a sharp little chin. Her eyes stared back from
the mirror, impossible emerald green, deeply slanted, and enormous. She still, thankfully, had the right
number of fingers and toes. She glanced at the twelve-string guitar leaning in the corner of the room and
tried to imagine learning to play all over again with the surfeit of digits on a pair of vey├вr hands.


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тАЬYou look breathtaking,тАЭ Seolar, who was her beloved and the Imallin of Copper House, said softly. She
could have said the same of him. His gold skin, darker gold hair, and jet-black eyes, his height and his
grace gave him the air of some otherworld angel. Even the golden brown tattoos that curled and spiraled
across his cheeks only added to his beauty.

She turned to him and smiled uncertainly. тАЬDo I?тАЭ

тАЬI swear it.тАЭ The smile he gave her in return trembled at the corners, and she saw brightness in his eyes.
He closed the distance between them with three steps, and pulled her into his arms. тАЬNever leave me like
that again. I was lost without you. I died inside, and only when you appeared on the balcony tonight did
I start to breathe again.тАЭ

Inside of Molly, the darkness descended. тАЬIтАЩm the Vodi,тАЭ she whispered.

тАЬI know. But I love you.тАЭ

She nodded. тАЬBut IтАЩm the Vodi.тАЭ She pulled back so that she could look into his eyes. тАЬDo you know
what sort of lives my predecessors lived?тАЭ

тАЬI read the old records. After youтАжafter you diedтАжтАЭ Seolar turned away from her and looked out the
window at the last vestiges of twilight, at pale wisps of gold and pink streaked across the indigo sky. тАЬI
did little else but read, trying to understand.тАЭ

тАЬThen you know what happened to the Vodi.тАЭ