"Holly Lisle - Fire In The Mist" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lisle Holly)

Cover art by Stephen Hickman

Map by Ellen Kostyk


First printing, August 1992


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This book is dedicated to my Mom and Dad,
who told me I could do anything I wanted—
and who meant it.

MAGE IN SHEPHERD'S CLOTHES
The attack was not wolf madness, but wolf boldness. They had come, had taken what they wanted
without challenge, and they had grown confident. Now they wanted her sheep.

Now they wanted her.

The pack leader, silver-tipped-black and immense, faced Faia and strode stiff-legged forward; head
down, ears flat back, pale, cold eyes gleaming. His lips drew back from yellowed teeth. He rumbled a
warning growl as he advanced.

She clutched her staff, and her belly tightened with fear. There was no time to reach for the slingshot and
the studded wolfshot. She made a quick thrust at the beast with her walking stick that caught him in the
teeth. He danced back, and crouched for a leap, his eyes fixed on her throat.

Lady, help me!

Faia drew the earth's energy, thinking it into her staff, thinking,Give the staff strength!

And somehow, she was outside of herself, and staring down at the massive black wolf and the tall, rangy
girl who faced him off with nothing but a brass-tipped walking stick.

At the same instant, she was inside herself, and the strength was there—earth-strength, Lady-strength,
confidence. Faia, stilled inside, deadly calm, swung the staff up as the wolf lunged and caught him across
the chest; the impact of his great weight flung her backward a staggered step. But light flowed from the
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