"Maria V. Snyder - Yelena 02 - Magic Study" - читать интересную книгу автора (Snyder Maria V)

Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five

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Chapter One
тАЬWeтАЩre here,тАЭ Irys said.

I looked around. The surrounding jungle bulged with life. Overgrown green bushes blocked our path,
vines hung from the tree canopy, and the constant chatter and trill of jungle birds beat at my ears. Small
furry creatures, who had been following us through the jungle, peeked at us from their hiding spots behind
huge leaves.

тАЬWhere?тАЭ I asked, glancing at the three other girls. They shrugged in unison, equally confused. In the
thick humid air, their thin cotton dresses were soaked in sweat. My own black pants and white shirt clung
to my clammy skin. We were tired from lugging our heavy backpacks along snake-thin jungle paths, and
itchy from hosting unnameable insects on our skins.

тАЬThe Zaltana homestead,тАЭ Irys said. тАЬQuite possibly your home.тАЭ

I surveyed the lush greenery and saw nothing that resembled a settlement. During the course of our
travels south, whenever Irys had declared that we had arrived, we were usually in the midst of a small
town or village, with houses made of wood, stone or brick, hemmed in by fields and farms.

The brightly dressed inhabitants would welcome us, feed us and, amid a cacophony of voices and spicy
aromas, listen to our story. Then certain families would be summoned with great haste. In a whirlwind of
excitement and babble, one of the children in our party, who had lived in the orphanage in the north,
would be reunited with a family they hadnтАЩt known existed.

As a result, our group had grown ever smaller as weтАЩd traveled farther into the southern land of Sitia.
Soon, we had left the cold northern air far behind, and were now cooking in the steamy warmth of the
jungle with no sign of a town in sight.

тАЬHomestead?тАЭ I asked.