“Surrounding both of them were Bayalun’s guards. The troopers stood tensely alert as the khadun read from an ancient scrap of yellow paper. Chanar peeked at it over her shoulder. He could reada little anywayand wasn’t about to miss a chance to show off his meager skill to Bayalun. To his dismay, what he saw was unintelligible, a strange and twisted script. Worse still for his pride, Bayalun read from the unrolled sheet with ease, her tongue tripping over the tortured phrases. As she spoke, a g...loom settled over them and the colors leached away from everything. Chanar tensed with fear as the world went graythe white robes of the guards, Bayalun’s black hair, the red silks of his own shirt, even the orange glow of the fire. Then, there was nothing. Abruptly, there was something. Solid ground slammed up under his feet, wiping away the brief feeling of floating. Chanar staggered, but several of the guards stumbled and fell. Bayalun managed to remain on her feet with ease. At any rate, they had arrived in Yamun’s camp.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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