Changespell Legacy
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. First printing, January 2000 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America |
ISBN: 0-7434-3544-3Copyright © 2002 by Doranna Durgin All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Baen Books Original Production by Windhaven Press Electronic version by WebWrights |
WHOA!With the trail juncture in sight and full of milling horses, Dun Lady's Jess broke into a startled canter. "O-oh no," Arlen said, his teeth clicking as he bounced; he yanked on her mane, the only thing at hand. "Whoa!" And then Lady caught wind of others in the woods around them, closing in on them. With the sudden downwind rustle of brush, a figure emerged from camouflage of leaves and dull brush almost at her feet. "Whoa!" Arlen cried again, completely unaware of those others, clenching her barrel with his long legs and hauling on her mane. Metal slashed at them, gleamed dully along an astonishingly long blade—and quite abruptly Lady did just as she'd been told, tucking her butt and dropping her head so Arlen flew neatly over her withers, rolling onward and out of reach. The blade flashed down to score her shoulder and she kicked out wildly. Ramble screamed, a stallion's challenge, and knocked her aside, knocked her down— She wrenched herself away, trying to avoid Arlen's sprawling figure, well aware that more agents converged upon them. Armed men and women, ready to turn the hunt into a kill.
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