"Irene Radford - Merlin's Decendants 04 - Guardian of the Promise" - читать интересную книгу автора (Radford Irene)

Gaspar and Peregrine, joined them, long swords still
Icathed. Malcolm, the Steward of Kirkenwood, carried a Dssbow and a quiver of arrows. They all ran around the Itc Hal
leaped over rough ground. Gaspar slashed at low mging branches that impeded him. Peregrine dove into e lake. He
swam with long even strokes. The wolf growled.
None of them could reach me in time. Coffa lunged at it. The pup tugged on my skirts, urging me away. Snap. Snarl.
Yelp. Coffa and the wolf tangled, jaws hmped upon each other's throats. Clumps of fur flew. Magic, Dee. Try some
magic, Hal called to my mind. Magic? What kind of magic could keep the wolf at bay. My heart cringed. My magic had
attracted these beasts iCoffa's hind legs collapsed. She rolled, bringing the huge wolf with her. She should have outweighed the wolf by iliree
stone or more. She should have stood head and shoulders above a normal wolf. This beast was as big as she.
A second wolf crept out of the woods. And a third. And i hen a fourth. Noses worked. Tongues flicked. Drool slid
down in ugly poisonous ropes. Throats growled. Red eyes glowed.
The men fanned out, each aiming for a different wolf. The pup pulled me behind a curtain of willow branches. Not good
enough. The wolves would find me by scent. Coffa's legs scrambled for purchase. Weakly. The wolf Upl her down.
I looked for the armed men. Peregrine might get to me lust. Not before four wolves ripped out my throat. Coffa wns
already dying. 1 sobbed as I reached for whatever magic existed in the
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Guardian of the Promise
air, in me, in the earth. Power tingled in my feet. Withoi Caspar and Uncle Donovan joined Peregrine^ Two of: the
bothering to breathe deeply and prepare myself, I drew th wolves broke away from the attack on him They crept up
energy upward through my knees to my belly and outward' my hiding place. They tested the barnem hpaw^and to my
hands. Rapidly I braided the willow fronds togethe m.se, jerking back from the flash of stinging light of my I wove and
twisted them into a semblance of a wall. Wil magic. T Fi

gaping holes. There were not enough of them to make m And then Hal was there. Barely a Y ear ^^ ^an L Fne shield

impenetrable. Magic glinted in the dawn's light an.n.me to his hands with ease. He flung ball alter Dan into
the dew, weaving a web of power between the danglim 'l> c ira Y- , , ^ .. c T. ┬л 'тАЮ_~a ;n na in
braids The lead wolf's fur caught the fire. It screamed in
pain,
Coffa whimpered once more and died. 'Lopped, and rolled. The fire kept^burning.Stubby paws
The pup threw herself at my magical barrier an I'ansformed into human hands that beat at the flames. 1 hey
pup bounced back.
kept burning.
I gathered her into my arms, sobbing. "No. She can't die >ire engulfed the wolf. From one eye bUnk to thenext
She can't. She's all I have of my da!" I wailed.
i man appeared beneath the fur. Skin blackened. An inhu-
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The weight of my wolfhound pup drew me to my knee man scream erupted from tortured limbs. He writnea.
I gathered more strength from the earth. I tried to replao my grief with anger. I wanted to tear the wolves apart wit my
bare hands.
Malcolm Steward aimed his arrow at the closest wolf am shot. Arrow sped. Wolf yelped and paused. It licked at th
arrow protruding from its flank. Then with its teeth i ripped the arrow from its flesh. It came away bloody, drip ping
with gore.
The wolf barely paused to lick it clean. It sped to Mai colm and took him down. One bite ripped out Malcolm'' throat.
I gagged in horror. "Malcolm!" I choked. As close a family, I'd known him all my life, trusted him as a belovei uncle.
"Malcolm," I sobbed
rhen stilled.
The fire ate at his skin until only bones remained. A horrible stench flooded my senses. I gagged. A second wolf
caught fire and ran howling into the woods. The remaining two backed off, slinking, snarling, uluctant to continue,
reluctant to leave their prey.

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