Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

Author:Terry Goodkind
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3, pdf
Tags: Fantasy - Epic, Epic, Magic, Diseases, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Juvenile Fiction, Health & Daily Living, Fiction - Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy - Series, General
ISBN: 9780613224772
Publisher: San Val
Published: 1998-09-15T10:22:53.922000+00:00

Chapter 36

The quicksilver face of the sliph had risen above the edge of the stone wall and was watching her.

The glossy metallic female features of the sliph reflected the lamplight and the room in a living mirror. It was obvious why Kolo called the sliph “she.” The sliph was a silver statue. Except it moved with liquid grace.

Kahlan pressed a hand to her hammering heart as she panted, getting her breath. The sliph watched her, as if curious about what Kahlan might do next. Kolo often said in his journal that “she” was watching him. “Sliph...” Kahlan stammered. “What are you doing-awake?” The face distorted into a puzzled frown. “Do you wish to travel?” The eerie voice echoed around the room. Her lips hadn’t moved as she spoke, but she smiled pleasantly.

“Travel? No.” Kahlan took a step toward the well. “Sliph, Richard put you to sleep. I was here.”

“Master. He woke me.”

“Yes, Richard woke you. He travelled in you. He rescued me, and I travelled back with him... in you.”

Kahlan recalled that strange experience with a certain fondness. To travel in the sliph, you had to breathe her in. It was frightening at first, but with Richard there holding her hand, Kahlan had been able to do it, and had discovered the enthralling sensation of “travelling.” To breathe the sliph was rapture.

“I remember,” the sliph said. “Once you are in me, I remember.”

“But don’t you remember Richard putting you to sleep again?”

“He woke me from the sleep of ages, but he did not put me back into the long sleep. He put me at rest, until I was needed.”

“But we thought-we thought you had gone back to sleep. Why are you not at... rest, now?”

“I felt you near. I came to look.”

Kahlan stepped to the stone wall. “Sliph, has someone travelled in you since Richard and I last did?”

“Yes. I was used.”

Suddenly realization broke through her surprise. “A man and a woman. They travelled in you, didn’t they?” The sliph’s smile turned sly, but she didn’t answer.

Kahlan touched her fingers to the stone wall. “Who was it, sliph, who travelled in you?”

“You should know that I never betray those I hold within me.”

“I should know? How would I know?”

“You have travelled in me. I would not reveal you. I never betray my clients. You travelled, so you must understand.”

Kahlan licked her lips patiently. “Sliph, I’m afraid that I don’t know anything about you, really. You are from a time before my time-from another age. I only know that you can travel, and that you helped me before. You were a valuable aid in defeating some very bad people.”

“I am glad that you were pleased with me. Perhaps you would like to be pleased again? Would like to travel again?”

A shiver ran up Kahlan’s spine. This had to be why Marlin was trying to get to the Keep. He and Sister Amelia must have come to Aydindril from the Old World in the sliph. Jagang had said he had waited to reveal himself until she returned.

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