Sword of Truth 10 - Phantom by Goodkind Terry

Author:Goodkind, Terry [Goodkind, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Fantasy, Epic, Fiction
ISBN: 9780765344328
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-05-29T05:00:00+00:00

Berdine heaved a sigh. “He was writing in his journal, talking about the foul weather and how sick everyone was getting of rain, and he made this offhanded comment that he was upset because he’d learned through his sources that ‘they’ had made five copies of ‘the book that was never to be copied.’”

That gave Richard pause, and goose bumps.

“Not far after that,” Berdine said, “his entry started wandering back to talking about the central sites.”

“So you think…what? That maybe they hid these copies they weren’t supposed to make in the secret central sites?”

Berdine smiled as she tapped her temple with a finger. “Now you’re starting to ask the same questions I’ve been asking myself.”

“And he didn’t make any mention at all of what book they copied?” Nicci asked. “Not even an indication?”

Berdine shook her head. “That’s the part that gave me the goose bumps. But there was more there than his words.”

“What do you mean?” Nicci asked, impatiently.

“You know how when you work forever at translating someone’s writing, you come to be able to see their mood, see their meaning, see their train of thought even if they didn’t write it down? Well”—she pulled her brown braid over her shoulder, twiddling with the end of it—“I could tell by the way he said it that he was afraid to even write down the name of a book so secret, so important, that it was never to be copied. It was like he was walking on eggshells even mentioning it in his journal.”

Richard thought that she certainly had a good point.

Berdine came to a halt before a tall iron door that was painted black. “Here’s where I found the books that mention the central sites being with the bones—whatever that means.”

“The place I found was in catacombs,” Richard said.

Berdine frowned as she considered. “That might explain that much of it.”

“Nathan told me,” Nicci said in a low voice, looking between Richard and Berdine, “that he believes that there were catacombs beneath the Palace of the Prophets, and that the palace itself was built there in part to conceal what was buried.”

The soldiers slowed to a halt, collecting in a knot a short distance back up the hall. Richard noticed Berdine watching them.

“Why don’t you wait out here with your men?” Berdine called back to General Trimack. “I have to go in the library and show Lord Rahl some books. I think maybe you should guard the hall and make sure that no one is sneaking about.”

The general nodded and started ordering his men to take up stations throughout the passages. Berdine pulled a key out of the top of her outfit.

“In here I found a book that gave me nightmares.”

She looked back at Richard and then unlocked the door.

Nicci leaned close to Richard’s ear. “This place is shielded.” Her tone was tight with suspicion.

“But she’s not gifted,” Richard whispered back. “She can’t get through shields. If it’s shielded, then how is she able to get in?”

Berdine, hearing them, waggled the key after she pulled it back out of the lock.

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