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A Kiss Of Shadows :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 141 из 338"Why was it so important that I kill Nerys?"
"A sidhe comes into their power through ritual, but that doesn't mean that the power will manifest itself. After the first time the power is used, then the sidhe must bloody themselves in combat." He put a hand on the bed on either side of me, but not touching. "It is a kind of blood sacrifice; it will ensure that the powers do not go back to sleep, but continue to grow."
"Blood makes the crops grow," I said.
He nodded. "Death magic is the oldest of all magics, Princess." He gave that small smile. "Meredith." He said my name softly.
"So you had me chop Nerys up so that my powers wouldn't go dormant again?"
He nodded again.
I looked into that serious face. "You said a sidhe comes into their power after a ritual. I had no ritual."
"The night you spent with the roane was your ritual."
I shook my head. "No, Doyle, we did nothing ritualistic that night."
"There are many rituals for awakening the power, Meredith. Combat, sacrifice, sex, and many more. It is not surprising that your power chose sex. You are descended from three different fertility deities."
"Five actually. But I still don't understand."
"Your roane was covered in Branwyn's Tears; for that one night he acted the part of a sidhe lover for you. He brought on your secondary powers."
"I knew it was magical, but I didn't know… " My voice trailed off. I frowned at him. "It seems like there should be more to it than just good sex."
"Why? It is sex that makes the miracle of life—what could be greater than that?"
"The magic healed Roane, gave him back his sealskin. I didn't try to heal him, because I didn't know I could."
Doyle sat down beside the bed, his long legs curled up against the dresser. "Healing one skinless roane is nothing. I have seen sidhe raise mountains from the sea, or flood entire cities, when they came into their power. You were lucky."
I was suddenly scared. "You mean my coming into my powers could have caused some great natural disaster?"
"Yes."
"You'd think someone would have warned me," I said.
"No one knew you were leaving us, so we could give you no parting advice. And no one knew that you had secondary powers, Meredith. The queen was convinced that if seven years with Griffin in your bed and years of duels had not awakened your powers then they were not there to waken."
"Why now?" I asked. "Why after all these years?"
"I do not know.
"A sidhe comes into their power through ritual, but that doesn't mean that the power will manifest itself. After the first time the power is used, then the sidhe must bloody themselves in combat." He put a hand on the bed on either side of me, but not touching. "It is a kind of blood sacrifice; it will ensure that the powers do not go back to sleep, but continue to grow."
"Blood makes the crops grow," I said.
He nodded. "Death magic is the oldest of all magics, Princess." He gave that small smile. "Meredith." He said my name softly.
"So you had me chop Nerys up so that my powers wouldn't go dormant again?"
He nodded again.
I looked into that serious face. "You said a sidhe comes into their power after a ritual. I had no ritual."
"The night you spent with the roane was your ritual."
I shook my head. "No, Doyle, we did nothing ritualistic that night."
"There are many rituals for awakening the power, Meredith. Combat, sacrifice, sex, and many more. It is not surprising that your power chose sex. You are descended from three different fertility deities."
"Five actually. But I still don't understand."
"Your roane was covered in Branwyn's Tears; for that one night he acted the part of a sidhe lover for you. He brought on your secondary powers."
"I knew it was magical, but I didn't know… " My voice trailed off. I frowned at him. "It seems like there should be more to it than just good sex."
"Why? It is sex that makes the miracle of life—what could be greater than that?"
"The magic healed Roane, gave him back his sealskin. I didn't try to heal him, because I didn't know I could."
Doyle sat down beside the bed, his long legs curled up against the dresser. "Healing one skinless roane is nothing. I have seen sidhe raise mountains from the sea, or flood entire cities, when they came into their power. You were lucky."
I was suddenly scared. "You mean my coming into my powers could have caused some great natural disaster?"
"Yes."
"You'd think someone would have warned me," I said.
"No one knew you were leaving us, so we could give you no parting advice. And no one knew that you had secondary powers, Meredith. The queen was convinced that if seven years with Griffin in your bed and years of duels had not awakened your powers then they were not there to waken."
"Why now?" I asked. "Why after all these years?"
"I do not know.