"Eric Van Lustbader - Sunset Warrior 4 - Beneath an Opal Moon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lustbader Eric van)

and unprincipled. He would be useless to me
without those traits. But because he lacks the guile
he believes he has. That can be dangerous. He sees
Omojiru's lips compress into the narrow line of
intransigence preparatory to violent action and he
recalls this man's volatile nature. How different
you are from your kin, Omojiru, the

lyric V. I`ustbader

scarred man thought. If your father but knew
what you planned with me

' Tell me!'' Omojiru hisses, the words forced
out of him as if they are under pressure, and the
scarred man looks away for just a moment,
embarrassed for the other.

"I have found it."

"At last!" Omojiru moves involuntarily closer
and now the quavering of his voice is
unstoppable.

Greed, Cascaras thinks. And power. How many
would he kill to get them? "I do not have it yet."

"What?'' The enormous disappointment shows
across the young man's face, unmistakable even
in the dimness.

"But I know where it is."

"Ah. Then we will go to it."

"Yes," says the scarred man. "That is the way of
our bargain." And he wonders at what point
Omojiru will try to kill him.

"Where," Omojiru whispers hoarsely, "is it?"

The scarred man laughs silently. How
transparent he is. He will do it now and take no
chances. ''We will go there together, Omojiru," he
says with great patience, as if explaining a dif-
ficult and complex concept to a child.
 "Yes. Yes, of course we will. I, uh, I only
wished to know what to take on the journey and
it would, it would depend on where we are
going.''