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The stallion gazed at her with obsidian eyes Nostrils flared to take in her scent So in the air, could feel the breezes they created curling against the back of her neck

The stallion would carry her to Sacor City She knew this He would bear her le and she would arrive in ti

She shuddered at what it could er of strife and battle What would happen to her? Whatless than huods, wanted them to watch after their own affairs and leave her out of them

“Why me?” she demanded “Why can’t you leave me alone?”

The only reply she received was the rhyth in her ears Many people, she thought, would be honored to serve the gods in such a way and would not protest or hesitate Why couldn’t the gods choose one of theh already? All she had wanted was an ordinary ot

She put her hand to her forehead and was startled by the heat She was shivering and roasting at the same time

And still the stallion waited

She wondered if her earlier dreaiven to her to show her as at stake if she did not act Surely the collapse of the ould be catastrophic And surely the death god’s steed would not come to her if it wasn’t important

“Damnation,” she muttered And to the stallion she said, “I will not ride If you want o, you’ll have to find another way”

The stallion rose, and with a glance at her that plainly said follow, he headed off into the night

“Daan half hoped there was no other way, that the stallion would just leave her alone and seek out someone else to solve the world’s problems, but it was not to be She was about to follohen she detected soh the haze of her ability she saw Lord Aainst her tent, his blood ruby intense in her colorless world She said to hiined all this” And she hurried off to catch up with the stallion, wherever he may lead

Anificent stallion that put his Goss to shame No, there wasn’t even any comparison…

And she but a shadow against the snow, talking to the stallion He saw her leave her tent, unsteady on her feet and wan in the ht, then she faded to shadow and somehow the stallion appeared in his vision The stallion was really too great for his eyes to take in He was overwhelmed

What was he to ot to listen

“I will not ride,” the G’ladheon woo, you’ll have to find another way”

As if he understood the words, the stallion rose and walked off into the night

“Damnation,” the Green Rider said