"Ann Durand - Flight of the Gryphon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Durand Ann)

Moon, Lupana of the old religion. Good News. Adrella trembled with excitement. There was hope. If
the Voice could be removed, there was hope for all of them.

"She knows not what great charms she would learn in your bedchamber, Great One. If she did, she
would beg to have ten Voices in her head."

"Yes, yes. Exactly."

Askinadon sounded animated as he reached down to lift her back to her feet. Adrella allowed him to
draw her back up, averting her eyes from his face.

"But what can I do, Master? I don't know where she would hide."

"You don't need to find her. You will let her find you."

"What do you mean? I do not think she will come to Kan Mountain."

"No, but she would return to your village if she knew you were there."

Adrella waited, her heart pounding. No wife ever had returned to the village after a Summons. Oh, to see
everyone, again. Mama…Papa…to show them Rorken. These were her heart's desires, but not at the
expense of her sister's safety.

"Go on, please, Master."

"I'm sending you back to your village. I will turn the Voice upon you at all hours so that I may listen for
her. You will request her presence with the horn when you arrive."

The horn . Each family had its own and used a series of unique blasts to call other family members
missing from the village, often after a hunt. Its piercing siren was never ignored.

"When she shows herself, you will persuade her to come to me. You will then summon a takatak for her."
Askinadon eyed her belly. "Then you will return on a hoshdel, since the takatak harness isn't going to fit
you. Now that I see you, I don't think a saddle will fit you either. No matter-you can ride bareback."

Adrella clenched her fists. To betray her own sister… oh, Lupana, please, no . She would have to think
of a plan…maybe on the way down the mountain…oh, if only Askinadon were not listening.
"Master, I will do what you ask. I will take Rorken to the village and we…"

"Not Rorken." Askinadon interjected, loudly. "You will go alone."

Adrella caught her breath. "The child will be such a bother to the other wives."

"That is of no consequence," he said, looking irritated. "Besides, Rorken is going to stay with me…in the
castle."

No, no, no. Adrella cringed to think of it. Her baby, her soft boy…with this monster. "You have nothing
to worry about," he continued. "Unless…"

"Master?"