46.2 Hades: Halo 2 by Alexandra Adornetto

Author:Alexandra Adornetto [Adornetto, Alexandra]
Language: rus
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Portal

“YOU should go back,” I said to Tucker as we trudged

through the dingy tunnels. “This was my idea. I shouldn’t

drag you into it. Tel Jake I ditched you and you lost sight of

me. Asia wil back you up.”

Even as I spoke the words I knew it was too late for Tuck

to turn back. If he returned to Hotel Ambrosia without me,

Jake would unleash his fury on him.

He must have known that too, but al he said was “You’re

not goin’ out there alone.”

“I won’t let Jake hurt you,” I told him. “No matter what

happens.”

“Let’s not think about that now.”

Tucker set off ahead of me at a swift pace. I had no

choice but to fol ow.

We didn’t have to go much farther than the club district

We didn’t have to go much farther than the club district

before the terrain started to change dramatical y. The air

became suddenly sultry and the landscape barren as a

desert. It seemed as if al color and life had been sucked

away, leaving nothing but an empty gray husk. Fog swirled

overhead, blotting out whatever it was that passed for sky

down here. We had left the confining tunnels behind, but we

were stil trapped in a strange dimension that had no

beginning or end. The worst part was the ever-present

sound; al around us the air was fil ed with the muffled

wailing of lost and wandering souls. I could feel their

presence as they moved past us, like a ripple of heat in the

already-stifling atmosphere. I couldn’t see them, they were

nothing more than a passing shimmer in the air, but I knew

they were there and nothing could drown out their

preternatural cries. A horrible, suffocating sense of

desolation washed over me, as if my soul were being

tugged from my body. My heart beat faster and I felt an

overwhelming urge to stop. In response Tucker took hold of

my hand and picked up his pace.

“I’m tired, Tuck,” I heard myself say.

“Don’t slow down,” he whispered. “This place has that

effect on people. We have to keep moving.”

The Wasteland didn’t seem to affect Tucker in the same

way. Maybe it was because his time in Hades had lent him

immunity. Or maybe it was because I was an angel and

could sense the acute despair of every soul around me.

“If we linger too long the Trackers have a much better

chance of picking up your scent,” Tucker added.

I’d forgotten al about them. I knew as an angel I gave off

I’d forgotten al about them. I knew as an angel I gave off

the crisp, clean scent of rain that might be camouflaged in

the smoky atmosphere of the clubs but would be

unmistakable out here in the open.

“Are you going to tel me who the Trackers are?” I was

stil having problems regulating my breathing. Tuck took

one look at my face and shook his head.

“Not right now.”

“Come on,” I urged. Tucker seemed to have assumed a

protective role since leaving the hotel that he wasn’t about

to relinquish without a fight. “I’l be better off if I know.”

Tuck sighed. “Trackers hunt down souls that have

wandered off into the Wasteland.” He kept

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