"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The Room of Lost Souls" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

тАЬI donтАЩt know what it is. YouтАЩre the one who has spent his life studying
the damn thing.тАЭ

So much for trying to hide my bitterness toward his choices.

He grimaces, but nods, an acknowledgement that my bitterness has
its reasons.

тАЬYes,тАЭ he says. тАЬIтАЩve studied it. IтАЩve traveled to it countless times. IтАЩve
sent people in there. IтАЩve repeated the same experiments that have been
tried since it was discovered. None of them work.тАЭ

тАЬSo why do you think Riya TrekovтАЩs device will work?тАЭ I ask.

тАЬBecause I was with her on one of the missions,тАЭ he says. тАЬI watched
people she paid go in and come back out.тАЭ

тАЬEmpty-handed,тАЭ I say.

He nods.

тАЬYet she thinks someone can bring her father out.тАЭ

тАЬShe might be right,тАЭ he says.

тАЬAnd if he can come out, so can Mother.тАЭ

тАЬYes.тАЭ The word is soft. He lifts his chin off his folded hands. The
knuckles have turned white.

тАЬIf you believe this and you think IтАЩm the one who can bring a lost soul
out, how come you didnтАЩt ask me to do this yourself ?тАЭ

тАЬI did,тАЭ he says. тАЬYou turned me down.тАЭ

I snort and finally sink into one of the nearby chairs. HeтАЩs right; he did
contact me. I had forgotten it among his many summonses, all of which I
ignored. But this one had been his last, a long plea explaining that he not
only had a way into the Room of Lost Souls, he had a way to survive it.

тАЬYou used to say you never wanted me to go back in there. You
discouraged me from even going near the place, remember?тАЭ

I had been fifteen and full of myself. IтАЩd run away from my
grandparents half a dozen times. They were in constant mourning for my
mother, and believed I was no substitute. It was pretty clear that they
blamed me for her loss.

The final time, my father came after me, and I told him I could get my
mother. I was the only one whoтАЩd come out alive. He owed me the chance