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Wizards First Rule :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 614 из 638I live only to loveyou. My life is yours."
The shock of realization made sit bolt upright on his heels, his eyes wide.
He knew what he must do.
Zedd had told him, told him that most of the. things people believed were wrong. Wizard's First Rule. He had been the fool long enough, listened to others enough. He avoided the truth no longer. A smile spread on his face.
He stood. He believed with all his heart. Excited, he turned, stepping among the people chanting the devotion on their knees.
The two Mord-Sith rose. They stood grim-faced, shoulder to shoulder, blocking his way. He jerked to a halt. The one with blond hair and blue eyes brought her Agiel up to a menacing posture, waving it in front of him.
"No one is allowed to miss a devotion. No one."
Richard returned the threatening glare. "I am the Seeker." He lifted Denna's Agiel in his fist. "Mate to Denna. I am the one who killed her. Killed her with the magic by which she held me. I have said my last devotion to Father Rahl. The next move you make will determine if you live or die. Choose."
An eyebrow lifted over a cold blue eye. The two Mord-Sith glanced at each other, then stepped aside. Richard marched off to the Garden of Life, to Darken Rahl
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Zedd warily scanned the edges as they ascended the road up the side of the plateau, the surroundings brightening the higher they went. The three of them emerged from the fog into midmorning sunlight. Ahead, a drawbridge began lowering, the catch on the gears clattering as the span lowered across a chasm. Chase loosened the short sword in the scabbard over his shoulder when the lowering bridge revealed a couple of dozen soldiers waiting on the other side. Not one of the soldiers brought a weapon to hand, nor did they move to block the way, but stood at ease to the side, seemingly disinterested in the three.
Kahlan gave them no notice as she strode past. Chase did. He looked like a man about to preside over a slaughter. The guards nodded and smiled politely.
The boundary warden leaned a little closer to Zedd, but kept his eyes on the well-armed soldiers. "I don't like this. It's too easy."
Zedd smiled. "If Darken Rahl is to kill us, he must first let us get to where we are to be killed."
Chase frowned over at the wizard. "That doesn't make me feel any better."
Zedd put his hand on Chase's shoulder. "No loss of honor, my friend. Go home, before the door closes behind us forever."
Chase stiffened. "Not until it is done."
Zedd nodded and walked a little faster to stay close to Kahlan.
The shock of realization made sit bolt upright on his heels, his eyes wide.
He knew what he must do.
Zedd had told him, told him that most of the. things people believed were wrong. Wizard's First Rule. He had been the fool long enough, listened to others enough. He avoided the truth no longer. A smile spread on his face.
He stood. He believed with all his heart. Excited, he turned, stepping among the people chanting the devotion on their knees.
The two Mord-Sith rose. They stood grim-faced, shoulder to shoulder, blocking his way. He jerked to a halt. The one with blond hair and blue eyes brought her Agiel up to a menacing posture, waving it in front of him.
"No one is allowed to miss a devotion. No one."
Richard returned the threatening glare. "I am the Seeker." He lifted Denna's Agiel in his fist. "Mate to Denna. I am the one who killed her. Killed her with the magic by which she held me. I have said my last devotion to Father Rahl. The next move you make will determine if you live or die. Choose."
An eyebrow lifted over a cold blue eye. The two Mord-Sith glanced at each other, then stepped aside. Richard marched off to the Garden of Life, to Darken Rahl
–+-
Zedd warily scanned the edges as they ascended the road up the side of the plateau, the surroundings brightening the higher they went. The three of them emerged from the fog into midmorning sunlight. Ahead, a drawbridge began lowering, the catch on the gears clattering as the span lowered across a chasm. Chase loosened the short sword in the scabbard over his shoulder when the lowering bridge revealed a couple of dozen soldiers waiting on the other side. Not one of the soldiers brought a weapon to hand, nor did they move to block the way, but stood at ease to the side, seemingly disinterested in the three.
Kahlan gave them no notice as she strode past. Chase did. He looked like a man about to preside over a slaughter. The guards nodded and smiled politely.
The boundary warden leaned a little closer to Zedd, but kept his eyes on the well-armed soldiers. "I don't like this. It's too easy."
Zedd smiled. "If Darken Rahl is to kill us, he must first let us get to where we are to be killed."
Chase frowned over at the wizard. "That doesn't make me feel any better."
Zedd put his hand on Chase's shoulder. "No loss of honor, my friend. Go home, before the door closes behind us forever."
Chase stiffened. "Not until it is done."
Zedd nodded and walked a little faster to stay close to Kahlan.