"Dark Elves - 03 - Salvation" - читать интересную книгу автора (Mykles Jet)

УAnd yet you refuse to disclose them.Ф He gestured at Radin, still without looking at
him. УDoes your so-called master know your reasons?Ф

УYes.Ф

Silence -- so full that it was another presence within the small chamber. Savous
watched ValanthТs carefully blank face and suddenly realized that the subject of whether or
not Radin knew why he didnТt present himself to Rhae had never come up between them
before.

УI see. At least you have shared your reasoning with someone.Ф Finally, Valanth turned
his head to look down on Radin. УI trust you agree with these reasons?Ф

Radin slowly raised his gaze. УNot all, no, but I respect them as valid.Ф

ValanthТs gaze shuttered. He looked again to his son. Savous knew that he would dearly
like to force the issue, but he couldnТt. Although the rhaeja was the leader of the raedjour
and the chosen of their goddess, the elves remained mostly autonomous. They looked to
their leader for guidance and general leadership, but they were largely independent and
made their own decisions. Boys selected their own masters for their desired trades, and men
lived among the far-flung caverns as they chose. Rules were enforced largely by mass-rule
and tradition. In times of necessary arbitration, the vetriese was often the form of judgment,
not the rhaeja.

Valanth nodded. He turned on his heel and strode for the door. Betaf, with one long
glance at Savous, hurried in his wake. The rest of ValanthТs entourage soon followed.

Alone, Savous and Radin sat in silence. Savous stared at the vetriese, watching the
worms of blue-white light squirm about the perimeter. He asked himself if he could step
across that threshold now and felt the familiar, intense reluctance to do so. It was not the
right time, and all his motives for not doing so were foremost in his mind.

He lowered his glance to find Radin peering up him from behind a long fall of snowy
hair. After another moment, Radin smiled and stood.


УLetТs go to the brothel. You look like you need some exercise.Ф

Savous followed Radin from the cavern, feeling the ominous sense of wrong lift from
his heart the further he got from the vetriese. УNo.Ф

Radin glanced at him as they walked. He scraped aside the fall of hair that hung loose
to his ass, tossing it behind his shoulder, out of the way. УNot in the mood for a woman?Ф

Savous shook his head, eyes trained forward as they entered better-lit passageways.
УNot right now.Ф

Radin slung an arm about his shoulders, pulling him close. УRather find someplace just
the two of us?Ф