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

Savous considered it. УYes. Do we have enough time to go topside?Ф

They entered one of the main caverns. In the middle of the wide space was a fountain
with an obsidian statue of a woman in the center. She held a bowl at chest level before her,
and in the bowl was a flame. The woman represented Rhae, and the flame in the bowl was
magical. It reflected the time of night to those who rarely left the underground. When the
flame was bluish violet, it was deepest night in the world above. When the flame was yellow,
it was midday. The flame blended through the color-spectrum throughout the rest of the day
so those who knew how to read it could approximate the time.

УWeТll make it,Ф Radin confirmed, looking at the currently bluish-green flame, Уbut we
wonТt be able to go far.Ф

Savous nodded. УLetТs go.Ф

They turned down a side cavern that led to a series of tunnels. Although each tunnel
was marked, Radin and Savous were long past the need to heed the signs. They walked along
increasingly less-lit tunnels until they came to passages of rough stone. Here, their brisk pace
slowed a bit as they had to navigate the twists and turns that would confound any outsider
who might make it through the forest and this far into raedjour territory. These tunnels had


existed since the time when Rhae was a physical presence among them, before She imbued
Her awareness and protection for Her elves into the Dark Forest and the Rhaen Mountains.

After a time, they ended up at one of the openings to the outside world. Savous led
Radin out from stone into moonlit trees to one of their favorite places. The small overhang
was suspended above an uneven ravine. The effect raised them up above the main treeline
and exposed the world to them. From beneath the branches of a spreading oak, they could
see for miles over a sea of trees and rocky outcroppings.

Radin settled down on the grass, his back against a huge boulder that was half
embedded in the ground. УI take it you donТt want to fuck?Ф

Savous squatted next to him, picking up pebbles and tossing them over the edge. УNo.Ф

Radin sighed, lacing his fingers behind his head. УYour father seems to do that to you.
Nasty side-effect.Ф

Savous continued to toss pebbles, staring at the moonlit ocean of trees. УI wonТt take
the chance and be marked for him.Ф

УYou donТt know that will happen.Ф

УNot one man in the last century has come back the same. I did some checking in the
records. The odds in just that time are only three in ten that youТll come back.Ф

Radin frowned, his lips parted in surprise. УDoes anyone else know that?Ф

УI donТt know that anyone else has looked that closely at the records. Hyle maybe, but I