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A wolf raised its voice in an odd series of yips and howls

"That’s not Graysfang," Surreal said

Saetan tensed "No It’s one of the pack from the north woods"

Worry filled her eyes "One of there use drus, a dance, an i," Saetan replied absently "The wolves becaued by it and developed a few particular howls of their own"

The sa could have rumbled "What’s that one e that should be heeded"

The wolf raised its voice again in a different song Then another wolf joined in And another And another

Listening, he started to cry--and laugh There was only one reason the wolves raised their voices in quite that way

Surreal gripped his ar of celebration Jaenelle has come back"

5 / Kaeleer

It was early autumn, almost a year since he’d first come to Kaeleer

Daemon carefully landed the se of the ed and pleaded, begged and sworn It hadn’t done any good Draca had insisted that she didn’t know exactly where the kindred had hidden Jaenelle She had also insisted that the healing was still very delicate and a strong presence--and difficult emotions--could easily interfere Finally, exasperated, she had suggested that he make himself useful

So he’d thrown hi he had written a letter to Jaenelle, telling her about his day, pouring out his love Two or three times a week, he went to the Keep and annoyed Draca

Now, finally, the e had co wasn’t complete, but the rest would take time, and she should be in a war the Coach that would take Jaenelle back to the Hall

He crossed the meadow, stopped a few feet in front of Ladvarian The Sceltie looked too thin, but there was joy-- and wariness--in the brown eyes

"Ladvarian," Daemon said quietly, respectfully

Daemon Ladvarian shifted uneasily Human males Some human males pay too , heard the fear And now he understood why they hadn’t let him come sooner--they’d been afraid he wouldn’t be able to stand what he saw They were still afraid

"It doesn’t ently "It doesn’t ile

"I know" Draca had drummed that into him before she’d let him come

She sleeps a lot

He smiled dryly "I’ve hardly slept at all"

Satisfied, Ladvarian turned This way Be careful There are led webs that could ensnare a person’s htmares

He walked carefully

They walked for several minutes before they cae tent was set up well back from the waterline The colored fabric would keep out h to let in air

Closer to the water were several poorlyto pack sand with one of those huge paws made him smile

The front flaps of the tent were pulled back, revealing the wo colors The amethyst-colored shirt was unbuttoned and had slid to her sides, displaying her from the waist up

Daemon took one look at her and bolted away from the tent

He stopped a few yards away and just tried to draw a normal breath while his stomach twisted wildly

The kindred had done their very best They had given le- He never ever wanted to knohat she had looked like when they had brought her here

He felt Ladvarian come up behind him Since the Sceltie had seen what she had looked like, the dog probably couldn’t understand his reaction "Ladvarian"

She rose fro webs too soon, Ladvarian said in a voice that was bitter and accusing Because of you

Dae from the verbal wound

We tried to tell her you weren’t hurt We tried to tell her that she had to stay down in the healing webs longer We tried to tell her that the Stra--that Tersa would tell you that she was coh Lord would take care of his pup But she kept saying that you were hurting and that she had proh for her insides to heal and then she rose But when she saw

Daemon closed his eyes No Sweet Darkness, no She would have been in pain, would have suffered And she wouldn’t have if she’d stayed down in the healing webs

"Tersa did tell ain But all I knew for certain was that Jaenelle had promised to o on

Maybe we could have told you, Ladvarian said reluctantly after a long silence We didn’t think humans would believe that she could heal--at least, wouldn’t believe enough But, maybe, if we had told you about all the webs, you could have believed

Not likely No matter how much he would have wanted to believe, the doubts would have crept in--andhe wanted to save "Tersa told ht I didn’t listen"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>