"Jean Lorrah - Empire 02 - Dragonlord of the Savage Empire" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lorrah Jean)

I'll soon be able to begin peace negotiations between the savages and the Aventine Empire.



From some distance away, fear impinged on his consciousness. Someone else must have spotted the
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new Lord of the Land at the head of his army. He had been Reading that apprehension sporadically ever
since they had crossed the no-man's-land scarred by the battle of Adepts and entered the lands Aradia
had awarded to Lenardo.



This time, though, the fear was not the numb anxiety of conquered people pondering their fate. It rose to
sharp terror and sparked with hatred, and Lenardo deliberately concentrated on the distant scene, trying
to Read the cause of the raw emotions. . . .



A boy ran in terror, with a group of people chasing him in almost equal fear. All were peasants hi rags,
starvation-thin, but their fear on this early-summer morning spurred mem on. The boy was in his
midteens, long-legged and driven by panic, darting into the hedgerows in hope of finding a hiding place.
His thoughts were incoherent: I'm not! I'm not! I didn't do anything!



Whatever crime the peasants thought the boy had committed, Lenardo Read that he was innocent. He
spurred his horse, snouting, "Helmuth, Arkus! Follow me!"



The two men did not question his order but followed as Lenardo left the road, galloping cross-country in
the direction of the manhunt.



The breathless quarry turned, seeking a way out. It was too far to the rocky outcroppings near the road.
The muscles hi his legs twitched; his heart thudded in his ears. Every way he looked there was open
farmland, and the newly sprouted crops were not yet high enough to offer shelter.



As the boy hesitated in panic, the others rushed upon him, pulling him down, beating him, kicking him
while he screamed, "I'm not, I'm not! It was myrgranther said it." Then one of the men kicked him in the
jaw, and the words died into moans.