"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Black Throne 02 - The Black King" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

She shook her head. тАЬI could not tell.тАЭ
тАЬWho would hire assassins? Arianna, even if she has gone crazy, canтАЩt do that. And
neither could my uncle. The Blood against Blood would affect them. They know that.тАЭ
тАЬHave you ever thought,тАЭ Xihu asked softly, тАЬthat the messages you received were
false? Perhaps your sister is fine. Perhaps someone only wants to kill you here, on the
Isle.тАЭ
He shook his head. тАЬNo one would want to do that.тАЭ
тАЬWhy?тАЭ Xihu asked. тАЬYouтАЩve been to both Places of Power. Maybe someone is afraid
youтАЩll find the third.тАЭ
Gift crossed his arms. The breeze had given him a terrible chill. тАЬWho does that
threaten?тАЭ
тАЬAll of us. Whoever finds the third Place of Power will create the Triangle of Might,
which is supposed to reform the world. None of us knows what that means. There are
ancient stories that say it means only the greatest of us will survive.тАЭ
тАЬAnd someone thinks IтАЩm arrogant enough to place myself in that category?тАЭ Gift
wiped the water from his face. тАЬI set guards on the Place of Power here on Blue Isle. I
lived near the Place of Power in the Eccrasian Mountains for five years. I never once tried
to arrange a meeting between someone in Blue IsleтАЩs Place of Power and myself so that
we could find the third Place of Power.тАЭ
Xihu was silent for a long time. Then she closed her eyes. тАЬIt was merely a suggestion.тАЭ
тАЬBecause of your Vision?тАЭ
She shook her head. тАЬ Because that is the second-greatest thing to fear about you,
Gift.тАЭ
тАЬWhatтАЩs the first?тАЭ
She didnтАЩt answer him. She stood in front of him with her eyes closed, the mist beading
on her face, and said nothing.
тАЬWhatтАЩs the first?тАЭ he asked again.
She opened her eyes. There were tears in them. тАЬThat you will kill your sister.тАЭ



Chapter Two
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Arianna sat on a small stone bench overlooking the Cardidas River. It flowed red here,
almost as if there were blood in the water. She knew that the color came from the stones
beneath the surface and from the reflection of the Cliffs of Blood above. But she found the
water eerie anyway, considering how many people had died near here.
It was sunny, but the sunshine was not warm. Strange that she could know the
temperature but not really feel it. She didnтАЩt feel much of anything these days. Not
outside, anyway.
Coulter and Seger had built her a body, and she had put her consciousness inside it.
The body was built out of the same stone that made the river turn red. Only the body
didnтАЩt have red skin. Its skin was slightly grayish, very smooth and cold to the touch. At
least, that was what Coulter told her.
From inside, it felt like her body, only wrapped in cotton and unable to move with any
speed. But it didnтАЩt function like her body. She was a Shape-Shifter, and even though she
still remembered how to Shift form, this body wouldnтАЩt change.
Six months ago, she had thought being in the body would be temporary. Now she