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Accustos, Adrina was disoriented There was action all around her Warriors bearing the eod crests Morgon'sstood between the tribesmen and victory But, it was a victory which had no place for Adrina She looked to left and right, searching for a role to play

She felt cheated She had brought the Sky Warrior into their realm and recruited him to their cause Now, at the very nored Her spirits sluned in her horse and looked disconsolately around, wondering where she had gone wrong Then, on the far side of a le on a pole The est the confusion and carnage the young woman looked more like an apparition than a real person She wore a white dress and was mounted on a white horse For a moment he wondered if she was real Then he saw the assassination squad He reeled his horse and shouted to a detachuard

'Get over there'

He pointed to the other side of the creek

'Get to the princess before those bastards kill her'

A dozen of his men jumped into the ed in after thee hurled himself forward and slithered over the mud on his belly He arrived first and scranored it and kept running A second arrow passed over his head and slashed through the throat of Adrina's horse The aniround The ht Adrina as she fell and set her down behind the fallen beast

The first of her attackers lost his head Blood sprayed on Adrina's white dress She grabbed the dead man's shield and held it above her head On the other side of the creek, To He'd expected more of her Alison would have done far better It was clear that Adrina knew nothing about fighting Alison would have adopted an aggressive pose, like he'd taught her in his ood luck, the e was a born fighter He had a captured sword and was using it with deadly effect One attacker fell after another To forward

Rescue seemed certain The primitive ferocity of the hly trained force would overcohty victory was assured He had defeated Morgon and was about to receive the princess into his protection His triumph would silence the clan chieftains and everyone else who had questioned his strategy