"Leslie What & Nina Kiriki Hoffman - Chain of Command" - читать интересную книгу автора (What Leslie)

"It's not fair," she said, and sniffled. She shoved ineffectually at her sleeping bag.



"Life's not fair. Actions have consequences. Your actions in particular are going to have some big
consequences. Deal with it." I had a worry I didn't even want to bring into the light. After fighting with the
troll, I knew he was male, horny, and well-equipped. What if Kayla's actions had the consequence of
making me a grandmother to a half-troll child?



I blinked at herтАФmy innocent baby. Hah! She was no more innocent than I was at that age. I
remembered my mother's vague warnings when Ned and I were fooling around in the back seat of his
Chevy. At the time I thought she didn't know what we were really doing.



Now I saw that she must have known, she just didn't know how to effectively deal with it. But Kayla and
I had gone through counseling, so I knew better. At least, that was the theory. I decided to pretend
nothing had happened, just like my mother.



I wanted to ground Kayla for letting that troll loose and sneaking off with it. She knew the camp's rules.
Nobody stole someone else's catch.



Grounding, however, did not work on Kayla. Obedience to authority, mine in particular, was one of her
issues.
I was tired of flashing my knife and my teeth to get her to do what I told her.



Maybe I should just lock her up in a troll cage.



She glanced up and caught me staring at her. "Mom," she whimpered, and my heart melted.



My head was still solid, though. "You're grounded," I said. It never worked, but what else could I do?
"You're so grounded we're leaving for home at first light. No shopping or malls for a month! No TV for a
week!" Any longer without TV and she would drive me crazy.