Phoenix in Shadow - Earc
“It was a crowd, perhaps a mob.Hiriista broke into a trotting run, his tail held high, head maintaining a steady level to guide him. Kyri sprinted alongside of him. Please, Myrionar, let us be in time!The forest opened up ahead, and they found a cluster of buildings—a moderate-sized mansion to the far right on a rise, houses and small shops a bit below it, docks and boathouses and other buildings at the edge of a rippling sheet of water that extended and widened to the north, where more forest closed in beyond the town.Filling the main intersection, a sort of rough rectangle, was a mass of people; Kyri guessed it at over a hundred, and all of them were armed. As they approached, she could hear murmurs and shouts in which Zogen Josan’s name was recognizable, and not in a good way.Cirnala stumbled up behind them, pushed past as the two slowed. “Let me...tell them you are here...”The Artan took a deep breath and shouted, “LISTEN!”His voice was startlingly powerful for his slender frame, a...nd heads immediately turned in their direction.MoreLess
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