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   She stood before him a moment察staring down with eyes that reflected the light like twin crescent moons。 Then she touched the hilt of the sword he'd accidentally speared into the earth。 Slender fingers traced a lazy circle around the leather´wrapped hilt。 To Ryld's eyes the fingers looked as if they were dancing。 Her lips parted察but instead of speech Ryld heard the notes of a flute。 Its tune was somehow both weling and harsh at the same time察as if the flautist was of two minds about what tune to play and was able to play both at once。 All the while察the woman stared deeply into Ryld's eyes察as if she was trying to see into his soul。 Her hand closed around the hilt of the sword。
   Something crackled in the forest。 Startled察the woman looked up察just as a small black wolf burst from the underbrush。 Teeth bared察snarling察it leaped for her chest。 When it struck察the woman exploded into a million motes of starlight。 The wolf continued its leap as if she had never been there。 Watching it disappear into the forest once more察Ryld confirmed his earlier thought。 It was all just an hallucination。 The woman察the wolf。 。 。 neither were truly there。
   Something warm and moist nuzzled his ear。 It was a nose。 Then a warm察furry body lay down next to him。 A tongue licked his cheek察and dark eyes stared into his。
   Ryld didn't move and didn't speak。 Instead he continued to concentrate on his breathing察forcing the last of the belladonna's poison from his body with each slow breath。
   Eventually察he fell into Reverie。
   When he became aware of his surroundings once more察it was daylight。 He heard a crackling noise and smelled roasting meat察and rolled over to see Yarno squatting beside a small fire。 The boy was holding a stick on which had been impaled the body of a small察four´legged animal。 It had been gutted and neatly skewered察but Ryld could identify it by the tail。 It was a rat。 Yarno lifted the stick from the flames。
   ;You'll need strength察─he said。 ;Eat。;
   Ryld sat up察shaking away the last of his lethargy。 Rising to his feet察he moved his shoulders察his arms察his fingers。 All were in working order察the poison was gone from his body。 He squatted and accepted the rat。
   ;Thank you察─he said。 ;I haven't eaten rat since I was a child。;
   Yarno studied him through narrowed eyes。 Ryld realized the boy was trying to decide if he was being mocked。 Ryld smiled and bit into the fire´seared meat察chewing it with gusto。
   Yarno flicked back the lock of black hair that hung across his forehead and smiled。
   ;It's good察isn't it拭─asked the boy。
   ;It is indeed察─Ryld answered察wiping grease from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand。
   Yarno stood and scuffed soil over the fire with a dirty foot察turning his back to the fire and scraping the ground like a dog。
   ;Grandfather is feeling better now察─he told Ryld。
   ;My masters taught me well察─Ryld answered。 ;That´and I've had lots of practice binding wounds。; He eyed the smudges of dirt that covered Yarno's pale察naked body察then added察 The first thing you need to do with a wound is clean it with hot water察as I did for your grandfather。 Then bind it in a clean察boiled cloth。 Remember that´it could save your life someday。;
   ;I'll remember察─the boy said。
   Ryld wrinkled his nose察doubting it。 Yarno seemed to attract dirt like a gutter attracted night soil。 And he had fleas´as Ryld found out to his disgust a moment later when he felt the needle´sharp twinge of one of the vermin biting his chest。 His memory of the werewolf sleeping beside him must have been accurate。 How much else of the past night had also been real´and how much hallucination
   Ryld rose to his feet and glanced around at the forest floor。 Aside from the paw prints of a small wolf and the footprints of a barefoot boy察he could see no other tracks。
   ;Yarno察─he asked察 when you found me last night察was there a woman standing next to me拭
   Yarno shrugged。
   ;What did you leap at拭
   Yarno stared at the ground。
   ;I don't remember察─he answered finally察shrugging again。 ;I never do。;
   Ryld nodded察understanding。 Driven into a frenzy by the light of the full moon察the boy hadn't been in control of his actions´or his mind。 Strange察then察that he had sought Ryld out and protected him´his bloodlust should have caused him to tear Ryld's throat out察instead。 Perhaps the stench of belladonna had driven him back´but why then did Ryld remember the boy lying beside him察keeping him warm throughout the night
   He drew his short sword from the ground察cleaned the mud from its tip察then re´sheathed it。
   ;Which way is the temple拭─Ryld asked。
   Yarno pointed察then met Ryld's eye in what the weapons master would have taken as a challenge察had the boy been a trained swordsman。
   ;What will you do when you reach it拭─Yarno asked。
   ;Rescue Halisstra察─Ryld said。 His eyes narrowed察and he added察 If she's still alive。;
   ;And if she isn't拭─Yarno asked。 ;Will you kill the priestesses to avenge her death拭
   Ryld considered that for a moment察then smiled grimly。
   ;As many as I can察before I'm slain myself察─he said。
   ;Good察─Yarno said。
   The boy's head lifted as if he'd heard something。 He stared in the direction in which he'd just pointed。
   Ryld察too察could hear it察the blare of a dozen or more hunting horns察muffled by distance察ing from the direction of the temple。
   ;I'd better get back察─Yarno said察eyes wide with fear。 ;Grandfather needs me。;
   The boy shifted into wolf form and fled into the forest。
   Ryld turned察and hurried the other way´toward the sound。 As he wove his way between the trees察roughly shouldering branches aside in his haste察a single thought echoed in his mind。
   Halisstra had confessed to the murder of one of the temple priestesses´and was almost certain to be punished for her crime。 Was it Halisstra who was being hunted
   
Chapter Seventeen
   Danifae followed Pharaun through the round doorway in the side of the stalagmite察into a corridor that spiraled upward。 The water she swam through was fouled by the slime of the aboleth that led them。 Danifae could taste it each time she inhaled。 A second aboleth followed close behind her察crowding her forward。
   The corridor through which they swam was grayish pink and as shiny as the surface of a pearl。 Deep lines were carved into it察revealing the dark gray stone underneath。 Most were spirals or wavy lines。 Danifae glanced at them察wondering if they were a form of written language。 Then she remembered that the aboleth had no need for written texts。 Whatever knowledge their minds contained was passed on to future generations when their hatchlings swarmed over them察tearing them to pieces。
   She smiled ruefully察sorry that Lolth hadn't given the drow the ability to consume knowledge in that way。 Still察there were other ways to find out what one needed to know。 。 。 。
   The corridor wound past several round doorways察then opened at last on a room that must have been near the stalagmite's core。 Swimming into it察Danifae halted near Pharaun察letting the weight of her chain mail pull her to a standing position on the curved floor。 The aboleth that had been following her swam into the room behind her and hovered in the water just close enough that it could reach her with its tentacles察if it chose。 Danifae saw that the first aboleth had taken up a similar position on the other side of Pharaun。
   On the far side of the chamber察enthroned within a niche in the wall察was an aboleth Danifae guessed was Oothoon。 The creature rested on what looked like a nest of spongy kelp察occasionally using a tentacle to rip off a chunk and stuff it into the mouth in its belly。 Its bluish´green察rubbery skin was dotted with white patches of freshwater barnacles察and its belly was a darker pink than those of the two that had acpanied Danifae and Pharaun into the room。 Danifae searched in vain for a clue as to the thing's sex but found none´she thought perhaps the creature was male and female in one´though the others had referred to Oothoon as the aboleths' ;matriarc

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