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The sun was lohen Fury saddled his nag Thunder watched fro had in store There was a feeling of unreality in the air Both of the royal children were in the village They had arrived suddenly and unexpectedly: Fury on his old horse: Adrina with her bodyguard of young men

They didn't visit their mother often so it was reasonable to assume that their visits were connected Thunder racked his brain trying to work out o totally different people should coether in this manner

As a small child, vivacious little Adrina had been sent into the household of Pius, King of Gorone into the care of the priesthood of the Duideth The arrangements had been ned to overcome animosities between the tribes and prevent conflict As far as Thunder was concerned, its main function was to provide eyes and ears in the enee then mounted his horse and followed It soon beca to a lot of trouble to hide his tracks Thunder couldn't fault him Fury had melted into the landscape and he would have lost hione into the woods Thunder followed his tracks and found hi a ditch and ca on his harp and singing about unrequited passion and how his truelove would soon appear Thunder listened with undiluted contempt as one sickly sentiment followed another He decided that the pathetic youth wasn't on a secret y of adolescent fantasy

Then so totally inexplicable happened

Out of nowhere, two bodies appeared They arrived in the rays of the setting sun and tuanticwoman wore trousers and a weird sort of tunic cut short at the waist and fastened down the middle Thunder , he saw she was a girland very pretty too

Fury jumped to his feet His face was a picture of pure joy Thunder guessed the girl's arrival had not co prince could take a single step, the girl's big companion looked in his direction Fury shrank back and his expression changed fro The on