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As they approached the Rider wing, Mara said, "Most everyone is at lessons or doing chores"

It was an to be overwhelmed by curious Riders She was under the ian glanced down, and there was Ghost Kitty rubbing against her legs, leaving a trail of white and gray fur on her trousers She picked hihed

"The ," Mara explained "He knew you were back Condor has been just as ridiculous, ju to run into the castle"

Karigan froze with Ghost Kitty purring in her arms Condor! But what she saw in herin the palace Palace? There had been a palace And a horse But she could not recall the horse’s na her reaction, said, "Don’t worry, we’ll go see Condor next And all the others"

"All the others?"

"The horses Daht while you were in Blackveil"

"Oh!" She couldn’t wait to go see them all, especially Condor

Ghost Kitty leaped out of her aran passed fa the one to her old roo table, which looked just the saed was very co

Mara took her all the way down the corridor and around a corner This was an ancient section of castle they were re-inhabiting, the ceilings lower and stonework cruder, the air currents s of must, and the dark corners full of secrets

"Sorry to say," Mara said, "but we ran out of roo if you think about it"

It was It meant more Riders had answered the call Riders she had yet to an uneasy They were restless hispers and creaking and shifting shadows

Mara stopped at the first door Laht off the glooht lay a wall of dark

"Anyway," Mara said, "you are the first to have a rooet an said with trepidation It was going to be a little too quiet, or perhaps un-quiet?

Ghost Kitty scratched the thick-tian did and found a large chae, anyway, co There were support pillars of carved wood, four arrow slit ith drapes pulled aside, and an actual hearth