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Mak ing sre Daroeds was wal wrapped the Young nebornan pues him cose tothe fre. ‘Then wh ns bow ands iver arrows Me sat fll'upon his companions unconscious uk Behind him, the five pooped. and Mckored toward ts oath "The time camo wen ha loosed his last arrow, ond missed, and Krew that is fe Was forthe Taking. His hope than was That the she-deman would not know ne wos Unarmed. She calle, alled, and somehow he found the svength to situnmoving faut Iy resting the twenty seven Guides for Noble Conduct at High Wedding), Only wren the fire mas dying to feeble embers Ika waning souls aid she come toward rim, His will 16 feast crumbied before her Beauty as walls fotheram”andinasuntose She Yedat the frat appearance of motrer-o peal in the sky, followed by geld. From everywhere and hwnhere her words wafted back to Druin "Farowel my (over, unt fOmorrow righ” For several moments the survivar drank In the wonder of the sing sun and praised ‘he goadoss Thoba fr his daveranco. Too, ha shouted in pido, Tor he had not matey Survived: be had bough he ie of ene other human bong through the cold night of preternatural horor. Would that fe could Fave saved there as wal, but at last Darosda lived, te fat old rough. Oran ‘uined fo piace » hand slfeconatey on tho Datos goss form "come on, Day, wake up. We're safe hore was no response. Deroeds was col, as old as Barge ond Ria, ‘Damnit, Dary, Nor” he shouted, sak ing the inet form ‘harder. "ou can't bo Sood. wne with you al the time, She could othave gotan to yout” Thote was no reply 4nd new Year came had Droog frozen? No. Te ruins renewed hero he found that tke Borgo and fin the prate ae 9 Sosicested husk. "A torrent of emotions ‘swept through Diuin ony 0 be replaced by ‘Ry cod. Though Darooda had. soarcaly ‘deserved saving, the young lord had strug ‘odin ale maghtto petene him Fina Yaied ‘Now, slone in the cold of this land, Druin must ether down and ge ar been hisway. He hadalong way stil to go. Uniess he reached hs goal bee he seting ofS Pe are sun, he wouts be foreod to kos ‘hot essgnation with tha she-demon AAS he waked, he rflcted bitty that he had begun this journey to avenge the ‘massacre of his tami Now, thelist! those to be avenged had’ grown to inclode the ‘oes of his flowers, Brun had never met Fhs'maternal grandather and unt ecenty hanover wanted fo. Hs Tarn he Tong ‘mage atk socet of the act that rin’ mother's fetser wos none other than the ‘wizare Mardarn, tht feartul mage af sgend who" dwelt” igo | Floatng Mountan Throughout his ite Druin had wished MS itm anoostry and natage? ~" could be Fexgotton. Recant evens hag smashed and ‘changed that desire. in masterful act of weachery, King Thiledon had aranged the murder of Duke Aradarn, Dru’ father, and the entre fom Iy-Byights Dru, 00, should have ced In. Stead ine young lord found that haha some minor but who uanatural lens, by use ot which ho escaped. How his glandlather ‘might now greet him Brun had notion, Dut the dread mage was his only hope of Gaining vengeance on aking, Thus he had Set out for Floating Mountain, enging with Fim only tan man Now ne was nearing the endo! tat lang loumey” According to. legend, Hosting ‘Mountain was ust te ther side of the valley ofthe Bones, sum as rary mau ons avn diy fourney when Dru reached the top of ‘he pats He sara, Binking mo tat valley he oxpocted to be sere. Ouspite ts Stim’ name, iis aopearance. was pleasant fnqugh ~ erly so A lush sland of green, raling his nates incongruoualy nthe md tis of the arctic wasteland. An aston Druinput backhisblsck hood Wiinaut pausing 10. wonder at this race the pgm hutied on, osenng NS furs, Presently, be was walking among bo” {sel lowering bushes and toes. The aa56 was asof carpet beneath hs fet and the i Iited witn tne songs of gay colored birds n Despite orm memories of lastnight, is empty stomach tured while he stipped Sf furs and fegaings. Revenge, he Thought ‘wah bitter practeaty, 16 no reeson to ge Fungiy. A Breakast of tuts end bores ‘would be most plasont indeed. He soon discovered that for all the pro fusion of bright ower, therewas naught to at on any of tha bushes oF Woes. Me St ‘couldnot Geieve that, Drains eyes narrowed with gathering suspicion. Anathar darned mystery. Plants tht Homered witout yea ute or ber ‘vale filed with such tary docorous plants ete in the middle of the wnikdernest was more than imrobsble. Jr's almost asi hs lwholepiace Spark, Re mused and eal tletauchot cold tthe base of hisspine 9 he fetlowod ‘tat thought to its conclusion Parks have owners Here lam 2 wespasse, Grinnador While topae sun climbed higher into sapphire sky, Druin moved on, pondering ‘he. proton: I was not the only mystery Cloaked bythe Vey ofthe Bones. Why gid {he Northen beve that te romain ofthe ‘ory gods lay here? Sines tne gods stil Wed, ofcourse, cola only bea vulgar supers tion. Sti dis most superstitons not usa Ihave some aes infact? “Tiowomna x orp a smal rise and Stopped to stare at what he sow bo feb. Te lush grass showed tne passage a alargearimal — or group of men. Sty moving tothe ack, he Kot toes ‘amine’ Within th lst fe hous, ght ‘mon culzed men, since they wore Boots nad coms rom the far end 0 the valoy and passed his way. Then he discovered the Second sot of prints: the same men, return Ing from somewhere, hoouly burdened For these wacks were doper los unfrmnly sight Rising the young duke pulled thought fay at ns abbrvates beard. Perhaps tis ‘was no business of fis, but he as curous fd Knew wl thet things he didnt onder Stand could hurt hn E:ght men had come into the Valey ofthe Bones to fetch some thing and had returned Ieomenherel with that laomething). What? Why Suppase I don’ investigate? The route to my grandtthor’s home bes through the far end of this improbable veley, which ‘means! sail overtake aight men | know ‘nothing about. Best! ind out what's going On st! Druin set out through the hills at a steady trot ‘The mies roles amy whe Me tried to ignore hs rumting belly. Presanty Coming around a hurameck, he stopped to Stare openmouthed."Botore him, he tld, rims irmiy, stood only abulding. But hat \Was ike saying thot goddess = ony 3 ‘woman. Hegaced upon a implo, unasorned Sructureotane story ony. Though time and the passing. ages. had ated ts baat, Broken meny of the once proad morbi co! Urmns, silt retained a grace and clan cut ‘lagance that held Druin nave ‘Gods, woul hat! coud have seen this marvel when fst ftw bolt “Ihe treck of ight mented deel tothe main entry Bs he followed, the sense of {Pespass, of intuding where ha had na ght at all grew ‘the stronger. Only by con Sdorablo etfort of wil ie persat. The Single door, 8 massive Sab of bronze, ung fortrniy open, He paused to wrarnne He feund corrason, a piting caused by the passing of he could not guess how many Weare, Bult tne Out Of mi. ad with ts hinges in portect content