"Tanya Huff - Keeper's Chronicles 2 - The Second Summoning" - читать интересную книгу автора (Huff Tanya)

Breathing heavily, which was just a little redundant since she wasn’t breathing
at all, but some old habits died very hard indeed, the ghost stared around the room.
“What just happened?”

“Usually, when you manifest, your anger rips open one of those holes in the
fabric of the universe,” Claire explained, one knee of her jeans separating from a
sticky spot on the orange carpet with a sound like tearing Velcro. “I’m keeping you
from doing that, so the energy had to go somewhere else, creating a poltergeist
phenomenon.”

Cheryl actually looked intrigued. “Like in the movie?”

“I didn’t see the movie.”

“Again, not surprised.”

“Why? Don’t tell me I’ve got that movie-free look, too.”

“All right.”

“All right what?”

“All right, she won’t tell you,” Austin snickered.

Eyes narrowed, Claire glared down at him. “You are supposed to be on my
side. And as for you . . .” She turned her attention back to the smirking ghost. “. . . get
ready to move on.” She wasn’t supposed to make it sound like a threat, but she’d had
just about as much of Cheryl Poropat as she could handle. I’ve got a life, lady. Which
is more than I can say for you.

The ghost’s smirk disappeared. “Now?”

“Why not now?”

“Well, I’m still hanging here because I’ve got unfinished business, right?”

Claire sighed. She should have known it wasn’t going to be that easy. “If
that’s what you think.”

“And just what’s THAT supposed to mean?”

There was another small flare of energy. In the bathroom, the toilet flushed.

“With metaphysical phenomena, belief is very important. If you believe
you’re here because you have unfinished business, then that’s why you’re here.”

“Yeah? What if I believe I’m alive again?”

“Doesn’t work that way.”