"04 - Bloodlines" - читать интересную книгу автора (McGough Scott)

conscience-but he knew that in his place she also would be

checking in to offer advice. Besides, adding his personal

touch helped to keep Barrin in contact with the daily

functions of the academy. This had been, after all, his first

real leave of absence.

The first thing Barrin noticed was that someone had

punched a new door into the classroom. The rough hole in the

previously complete wall stood open, not even framed, and at

odds with the smooth plaster and elegant woodwork finishes put

on academy facilities. A curiosity turned slightly alarming

when he recognized the room beyond contained Urza's primary

laboratory. That alarm lasted mere seconds, as Urza himself

walked from the back room followed by the silver golem Karn.

Both of them carried books and scrolls which they added to a

growing pile surrounding the lectern. Barrin frowned over the

activity. His scowl deepened as he realized that Urza was too

distracted to have yet noticed the mage's presence-a fact

which should have been instantly registered by the

planeswalker's preternatural senses. A distracted Urza could

be a most dangerous thing.

The man standing in front of Barrin was known throughout

history as the defiler of Argoth and the harbinger of the Ice

Age, though Urza himself could not-or would not-admit with one

hundred percent certainty that the global catastrophe resulted

from his efforts. Barrin was inclined to give the planeswalker