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"Why should he take orders any better than you do?" the Gray Lady ainst his back
Jared set her down too hard next to the bay gelding Her gasp of pain hurt him, but he didn’t allow himself to think about it as he tossed her into the saddle and swung up behind her
There wasn’t ti up behind Corry, they kicked the horses into a gallop and raced across the field, angling toward the road
How much time did they have? And hoould the spell unleash? Would it radiate from a central point or just fan out on this side of the creek? The dath of the person who had fed the spell His and the Gray Lady’s inner barriers should be able to hold against that kind of unleashing, but the others ht not survive it If the spell manifested in some physical way
Wind? Water?
They reached the road at the salanced over his shoulder and saw aarrow released from a bow
The muscles in his chest locked He couldn’t breathe
Behind thee ball of witchfire consumed the trees around the creek and expanded outward at a fierce speed
Jared urged the gelding on, trying to wring a little more speed out of the animal
Witchfire had a radius It had a limit that depended on the amount of power that had been used to create it It could heat and it could burn--sweet Darkness, how it could burn!--but it couldn’t continue expanding after the poas exhausted With all the rain they’d had over the past few days, it wasn’t likely that the witchfire would spark a natural fire They should be safe enoughif they could outrun it
He saw the wagon rattling down the road ahead of the behind hiainst the Gray Lady If the witchfire caught up to the spell and throw a Red shield behind theainst hih tion
The witchfire was gaining on the squealed and shot ahead of them
Jared felt the heat on his back
He raised his hand at the sa when he saw the Green Jewel in her ring, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her hand down before she could throw up a shield He’d risk the range of the twisting spell and having his oer turned against him, but he’d be damned if he’d lether risk it
Fire roared behind the raced past a tree a second before the fire consuht, we lanced back
A wall of witchfire filled the road behind the forward anyainst the Gray Lady’s head as he reined in the laboring horse When the gelding slowed to a stus would hold him, but they couldn’t afford to ruin the horses "Co’s lowered head so he could lead it "A little farther and you can rest"
He looked at the Gray Lady sluled hair His eyes narrowed
Funny He wouldn’t have thought gray hair would look that dark when it et
"Jared!" Brock shouted
The wagon had slowed to a walk, too Brock swung off the driving seat and ju"
Brock started toward him, looked behind Jared at the Gray Lady, and hesitated Then he waved an acknowledg pale, Thera braced herself in the opening Her green eyes swept over Blaed, as leading theThey lingered for a moment on the Gray Lady, and finally settled on hi for some kind of answer Problem was, he didn’t know the question
Before he could say anything, she stepped back and closed the door
Jared looked at Blaed and frowned "I told you to go"