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Whatever Mistral thought about a hu claiht tenor pounded into their heads

"High Lord? High Lord! We have some little ones shielded, but they’re scared and won’t listen They keep running into the shield Jaenelle is crying and won’t listen either High Lord?"

Saetan held his breath Which would prove stronger-- Mistral’s loyalty to his own kind or his love for and belief in Jaenelle?

Mistral looked toward the north After a long moment, he snorted "The little Brother believes in you We will trust For now"

Desperately wanting to sit down and not daring to show any sign of weakness, Saetan cautiously lowered the Black shield A ray

They divided into groups Khary and Morghann went to help Ladvarian and Kaelas with the foals Lucivar and Karla headed north fro place with Karla as primary Healer, Lucivar as secondary, and the rest of their tea assistance Saetan, Gabrielle, and their team headed south

It hurt to look at thecolt lying dead over his das sliced off There were some he could save There were many more where all he could do was take away the pain to ease the journey back to the Darkness

Hours passed as he searched for the foals that s hidden in shallow dips in the land, dips that held a power unlike any he’d ever felt before He didn’t trespass into those places The young unicorns watched him with terrified eyes as he carefully circled around the for wounds It came to him slowly as he stepped around torn human bodies that any of the unicorns who had reached these places had, at worst,the headache the sun gave hiue

His ehter

But they weren’t nuh when he found Jaenelle and Kaetien

"There,one hand down the mare’s neck "It’ll feel sore for a few days, but it will heal well"

The ave thear lump

When thedrink of water and half of a cheese sandhile he waited for the next unicorn to gather the courage to be touched by a hu heart After a rapid look at the carnage, Khary and Aaron had gone back to Maghre They’d returned with Daffodil and Sundancer pulling carts loaded with healing supplies, food for the hues of clothes, blankets, and Khary’s "bribes"--carrots and sugar lu confidently with the humans had acted as a balm on the unicorns’ fear The words "I serve the Lady" had produced an even stronger response On the strength of those words, most of the unicorns had let hi the last bite of his sandwich, he watched a yearling colt cautiously approach hi as the flies buzzed around the shoulder wound protected by a fading shield

Lucivar spread his ar bolted as Sceron’s war cry shattered the uneasy truce and Kaelas roared in challenge

Calling in his Eyrien war blade, Lucivar launched hi for the landing place, he coldly ticked off each little scene as it flashed under hi the foals into the trees; Kaelas pulling aon her hindquarters as she nocked an arrow in a Centauran bow; Morton shielding Karla and the unicorn she was healing; Khary, Aaron, and Sceron protecting each others’ backs as they unleashed the strength of their Jewels in short, controlled bursts that ripped the invading hu on his chosen prey, Lucivar unleashed a burst of Ebon-gray power just as the s neatly broken, his Yelloel drained

Lucivar landed at the saed the downed ht Red shield over the e and pivoted to face Lucivar

"Wait," Lucivar said again "First I want answersThen you can pound hiround

Keeping a watchful eye on the stallion, Lucivar dropped the shield Applying a foot to a shoulder, he rolled the man over onto his back "This is a closed Territory," he said harshly "Why are you here?"

"I don’t have to answer to the likes of you"

Brave words for athe Eyrien war blade, Lucivar pointed to the ht there"

The stallion reared and happily obliged

"Shall we try this again?" Lucivar asked"The other knee or a hand next? Your choice"

"You’ve no right to do this When this is reported--"

Lucivar laughed "Reported to whohtful inhabitants of this island Who’s going to care what happens to you?"

"The Dark Council, that’s who" Sweat beaded the ered the war blade "You’ve no claim to this land"

"Neither do you," Lucivar said coldly