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

YouтАЩre in charge. You should stay out here.тАЭ

тАЬIt is risky,тАЭ he says. тАЬBut youтАЩll be out here. And if I canтАЩt survive with
that device, no one else will be able to, either. So youтАЩll abort and get
everyone out of here.тАЭ

тАЬWe can make that decision together,тАЭ I say. тАЬSend in another diver.тАЭ

тАЬWho? Odette? Mikk? Who are you going to send in, knowing that
most people who have gone inside that Room have died? Are you willing to
risk their lives?тАЭ

I donтАЩt say anything. We both know that I wasnтАЩt willing when I hired
them. I knew there was only one device and I would be the one to use it.
Everyone else was brought in, initially, to help extract me from the Room,
not to go in and explore.

тАЬIтАЩm not willing to risk yours either,тАЭ I say.

тАЬYou donтАЩt get a choice.тАЭ HeтАЩs calmer now. His gaze meets mine.
Those gray eyes reflect the darkness of the portals behind me. тАЬYou put
me in charge.тАЭ

тАЬBut I still have the device,тАЭ I say. тАЬAnd IтАЩm not giving it to you.тАЭ

тАЬNo, you donтАЩt have it,тАЭ he says. тАЬThatтАЩs why I wanted to meet you
here. I had it removed from your quarters.тАЭ

I feel so violated I have to prevent myself from lunging at him. No one
goes in my cabin. No one even has access.

Except I gave him command. He has the codes.

He must have looked them up.

тАЬIтАЩm sorry,тАЭ he says.
 My face is so hot that it feels inflamed. IтАЩm gripping my chair, and it
takes all of my energy to stay in one place. Fighting him will do neither of us
any good.

In handing over command, I also gave him implicit rights to imprison
me in my own ship. IтАЩm not going to give him the satisfaction.

тАЬYou know this is the right decision,тАЭ he says.

IтАЩm not going to acknowledge that.

тАЬYouтАЩre the one who taught me that emotion can be deadly to a dive,тАЭ
he says.