"Wolf Warrior - 02 - The Solarian Raven" - читать интересную книгу автора (Monet Rae)

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Copyright й2004 Rae Monet

First Published by Liquid Silver Books, Imprint ofAtlanticBridge , August, 2004
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Published by Liquid Silver Books, Imprint ofAtlanticBridge Publishing,10509 Sedgegrass Dr,Indianapolis ,Indiana . Copyright 2004, Rae Monet. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the authors.

This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and dialogues in this book are of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is completely coincidental.

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Prologue

Scotland, 1311 A.D.

One more life I was unable to save.

Another Wolf Warrior death radiated through Richard's body and plummeted into his consciousness.

He stared at his bloodied hands.

These were the same hands that had absorbed the dying breath of the Wolf Warrior that lay before him, that had captured the young man's pain while attempting to revive him as Richard had for so many who had gone before this one.

Richard's forehead fell against that of the dead warrior, while his tears ran unchecked down his face. The clear wetness of his agony joined with the warrior's red blood, carving a trench in the crimson.

I can no longer do this.

I can no longer absorb the pain of others.

It wasn't in him any longer to perform his task as the Realm healer. He staggered from his knees to his feet, swaying from the immense effort of his rising. His sole thought was that he had to get away.

I have to leave this place and my people.

They would never understand, of course, his need to abandon his appointed vocation, but he must depart before it destroyed him entirely.

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Richard stood in silence, leaning against the door as he watched the scene before him between his sister and her new husband, Roan.

He could not hear Roan's quietly spoken dialog, albeit the effect on his sister was unquestionable. He need not hear Roan's promises to know how deeply his words affected Serena as her hands desperately clung to Roan.