"Julian May - Trillium 3 - Sky Trillium" - читать интересную книгу автора (May Julian)

As always, her tranquil features smiled.

Chapter One

PRINCE Tolivar lay there in the dark, fully clothed except for his boots, trying
desperately not to fall asleep.

file:///H|/eMule/Incoming/Trillium%2003%20-%20Sky%20Trillium%20by%20Julian%20May%20(v1.0)%20(html).html (12 of 455)15-8-2005 22:25:06
Trillium 03 - Sky Trillium by Julian May (v1.0) (html).html




He had not dared to leave the silver oil lamps or even a candle lit, for fear
someone would see the light shining beneath the door. The only illumination in
the chamber came from fitful lightning flashes through the window, and from the
clock on the stand beside his bed, an artifact of the Vanished Ones with a face
that glowed softly green. It had been a gift on his last nameday from his aunt
Kadiya, the Lady of the Eyes. She was the only one in the world—aside from
good old Ralabun—who did not despise him.

Someday he would show them all, especially his hateful elder brother and sister,
Crown Prince Nikalon and Princess Janeel. The time would come when they
would no longer tease him and call him a useless second prince. They would fear
him instead and grant him the respect he deserved!

If he got his treasure back…

Lying there, Tolivar gritted his teeth and willed that the slow-crawling minutes
go faster. Ralabun would not come until two hours after midnight—if he came at
all.

"He must come!" the Prince whispered to himself. But he had not dared to tell
Ralabun why he was needed, and the old creature might have dismissed the
unusual summons as a boyish whim. He might forget to come, or even fall
asleep waiting.

Tolivar himself was having great trouble keeping his eyes from closing.

"Holy Flower, don't let me nod off," he prayed. He was already badly frightened
at the prospect of what lay ahead. If he slept—and the awful dream came again—


file:///H|/eMule/Incoming/Trillium%2003%20-%20Sky%20Trillium%20by%20Julian%20May%20(v1.0)%20(html).html (13 of 455)15-8-2005 22:25:06
Trillium 03 - Sky Trillium by Julian May (v1.0) (html).html


he might be tempted to give it up.

It probably had been foolish of him to hide the treasure out in the Mazy Mire,