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Wizards First Rule :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 585 из 638That was why she was trembling. A drop of blood grew against her skin, under the sword's point. If she was the traitor, he had to kill her.
The blade had turned white. So had Kahlan's face.
"Who do you see?" he whispered again.
"What have you done to Richard?" Her whisper was ragged with rage. "If you have harmed him, I swear I will kill you."
He remembered the way she had kissed him. It was not the kiss of a traitor, it was a kiss of love. He realized there was no way he could kill her, even if his fear was true. But he knew now it wasn't. With tears in his eyes, he slid the sword into its scabbard.
"I'm sorry, Kahlan. May the good spirits forgive me for what I almost did. I know you can't understand me, but I'm sorry. Darken Rahl is using the Wizard's First Rule on me, trying to turn us against one another. He is trying to make me believe a lie, and I almost did. I know you and Zedd would never betray me. Forgive me for thinking it."
"What do you want?" Zedd asked. "We can't understand you."
"Zedd…" He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. "How can I make you understand?" He grabbed the wizard's robes in his fists. "Zedd, where's the box? I have to have the box before Rahl finds it! We can't let him get it!"
Zedd frowned. Richard knew this was doing no good; none of them could understand him. He went to the horses and started searching through the packs.
"Look all you want, you'll never find it," the wizard smiled. "We don't have the box. You are going to die in four days."
Richard sensed something move behind him. He spun around; Chase had the mace raised. A stream of fire shot past, between them. Scarlet kept the fire up until Chase stepped back.
"Some friends you have," the dragon grumbled.
"Darken Rahl put a wizard's web on me. They don't recognize me."
"Well, if you stay with them much longer, they are going to kill you."
Richard — realized that they wouldn't have the box. Not if they were coming to D'Hara to save him. They wouldn't have risked taking the box to Rahl. The three of them silently watched him and the dragon.
"Scarlet, say something to them, see if they can understand you."
The dragon's head swept closer to the three. "This is not Darken Rahl, but your friend, hidden by a wizard's web. Can any of you understand me?"
The three stood mute. Aggravated, Richard stepped closer to Zedd.
"Zedd, please try to understand me. Don't seek the night stone. If you do, Rahl will trap you in the underworld.
The blade had turned white. So had Kahlan's face.
"Who do you see?" he whispered again.
"What have you done to Richard?" Her whisper was ragged with rage. "If you have harmed him, I swear I will kill you."
He remembered the way she had kissed him. It was not the kiss of a traitor, it was a kiss of love. He realized there was no way he could kill her, even if his fear was true. But he knew now it wasn't. With tears in his eyes, he slid the sword into its scabbard.
"I'm sorry, Kahlan. May the good spirits forgive me for what I almost did. I know you can't understand me, but I'm sorry. Darken Rahl is using the Wizard's First Rule on me, trying to turn us against one another. He is trying to make me believe a lie, and I almost did. I know you and Zedd would never betray me. Forgive me for thinking it."
"What do you want?" Zedd asked. "We can't understand you."
"Zedd…" He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. "How can I make you understand?" He grabbed the wizard's robes in his fists. "Zedd, where's the box? I have to have the box before Rahl finds it! We can't let him get it!"
Zedd frowned. Richard knew this was doing no good; none of them could understand him. He went to the horses and started searching through the packs.
"Look all you want, you'll never find it," the wizard smiled. "We don't have the box. You are going to die in four days."
Richard sensed something move behind him. He spun around; Chase had the mace raised. A stream of fire shot past, between them. Scarlet kept the fire up until Chase stepped back.
"Some friends you have," the dragon grumbled.
"Darken Rahl put a wizard's web on me. They don't recognize me."
"Well, if you stay with them much longer, they are going to kill you."
Richard — realized that they wouldn't have the box. Not if they were coming to D'Hara to save him. They wouldn't have risked taking the box to Rahl. The three of them silently watched him and the dragon.
"Scarlet, say something to them, see if they can understand you."
The dragon's head swept closer to the three. "This is not Darken Rahl, but your friend, hidden by a wizard's web. Can any of you understand me?"
The three stood mute. Aggravated, Richard stepped closer to Zedd.
"Zedd, please try to understand me. Don't seek the night stone. If you do, Rahl will trap you in the underworld.