Артас: Возвышение короля-лича
Chapter 20
Shehadobviouslybeenlisteningtotheentireconversationandseenhisreactiontohisneworders.
"ThistalkofDalaranmovesyou,"shesaidarchly.
"Silence,ghost,"hemuttered,despitehimselfrememberingthefirsttimehehadenteredthegatesofDalaranasescorttoJaina.Theinnocenceofthattimewasalmostimpossibleforhimtoconceiveofanymore.
"Someonethereyoucarefor,perhaps?Pleasantmemories?"
Thedamnedbansheewouldnotletup.Hesurrenderedtohisanger,liftedahand,andshewrithedinpainforamomentbeforehereleasedher.
"Youwillsaynomoreofthis,"hewarned."Letusbeaboutourtask."
Sylvanaswassilent.Butonherpale,ghostlyfacewasasavagesmirkofsatisfaction.
"Icanhelp."Jaina’svoicewascalm,calmerthansheactuallyexpectedittosound.Shestoodwithhermaster,Antonidas,inhisfamiliar,loved,wonderfullydisorganizedstudy,gazingathimintently."I’velearnedsomuch."
Thearchmagestoodgazingoutthewindow,hishandsclaspedlooselybehindhisback,asifheweredoingnothingmoreseriousthanlookingdownatstudentsatpractice.
"No,"hesaidquietly."Youhaveotherduties."Heturnedtoregardherthen,andherheartsankattheexpressiononhisface."DutiesI...andTerenas,Lightresthissoul...bothshirked.
