"S. L. Viehl - A Diversity of Houses" - читать интересную книгу автора (Viehl S. L)

things did, and she went to the mirror panel she had placed

on the wall beside her sleeping platform. She looked in

the glass for a long time, until the sight of her own

features calmed her.

You cannot change the path.

Natala had no intention of attending the Welcoming,

where she would never be made welcome. Sorel did not

understand, but she had made peace with her lot when she

was even younger than him. She would stay here, in this

small but quiet corner she had made for herself, where she

could curl up and be left alone.

Never would she give her sire reason to drive her

away.

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тАЬNo one will welcome you unless you remove that scowl

from your face,тАЭ Qedalea Giran advised his ClanLeader.

Tavo Giran did not look up from the stock reports he

was studying. тАЬSomehow I doubt that.тАЭ

тАЬIt would not divert your path to enjoy yourself for

once,тАЭ the young warrior said. тАЬI should warn you that I
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have been given strict orders to see you do more here than

inspect and purchase stock animals.тАЭ

тАЬThen I would say your mission is doomed to failure,

ClanCousin.тАЭ He advanced to the next page of data.