"Jennifer Fallon - Second Sons 01 - The Lion of Senet" - читать интересную книгу автора (Fallon Jennifer)

“Why don’t you ever call me Father?” he demanded suddenly. “You never call me Father.”

“The last time I called you Father, you told me not to. You said you didn’t deserve it.”

“Did I really say that? I wonder why?”

Tia knew why, but she had no intention of getting into that discussion either.

“If I promise to call you Father, will you come down?”

“I shouldn’t be your father. Johan’s a much better father than me. You should go live with him and
Lexie.”
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I already live with Johan and Lexie,she wanted to say.If they’d left me in your tender care I’d never
have made it past my second birthday.

“Johan’s not here,” she reminded him instead. “He’s gone to find Hari and the others, remember? You’ll
just have to keep being my father until he gets back.”

Neris didn’t answer her. He stared out over the delta as Tia tried to calculate how fast she could get to
him should he decide to jump.

A noise behind her made her turn sharply, then a wave of relief swept through her as she saw Reithan
climbing up the rocks behind her.

Reithan was twenty-eight, dark-haired and brown-eyed, like all the Seranovs of Grannon Rock. He was
a cunning fighter, an experienced smuggler and Tia’s best friend. He was also an old hand when it came
to dealing with Neris.

The madman turned at the sound, too, and smiled thinly as Reithan came to stand beside Tia. “Ah!
That’s cheating. You’ve brought reinforcements!”

“Neris, what are you doing?” Reithan demanded impatiently.

“Contemplating the nature of faith.”

“Well, how about you do it somewhere a little less dangerous?” he suggested.

“Are you afraid I’ll jump?” Neris teased.

“You won’t jump,” Reithan replied with conviction. “If you jump, you’ll die, and that would mean you’d
have to stop torturing yourself.”

Neris stared at Reithan for a long time, as if savoring his words before digesting them. Then, without
warning, he grinned and scrambled to his feet. Loose pebbles tumbled over the edge. Tia stifled a gasp.