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as her wound had stolen her from him by inches. He drew it across
his eyes, to wipe away memory; his thoughts could seldom go far
from her.

He'd been snatched into Coramonde, with his crew and their
armored personnel carrier, by wizardry. After they'd been returned
to their own Reality, he alone had chosen to come back. He hadn't
counted on falling hi love. In love, he'd never thought he might lose
Dusk-wind so cruelly. Bereft of her, he found his remaining desires
condensed, embittered.

He'd come back to the palace-fortress at Earthfast only that
evening. For weeks he'd combed the Dark Rampart range, west of
Earthfast, with an entire Legion of Coramonde. It had been
rumored that Yardiff Bey

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kept his flying ship Cloud Ruler concealed there prior to his rise to
power and subsequent overthrow.

Gil hadn't turned up a thing, not a whiff. Worn thin, short on the
sleep he resisted these days and determined to find the sorcerer,
he'd balked at the Ku-Mor-Ma?* urgent request that he go back to
Earthf ast. When he'd finally arrived, he'd found that Springbuck
was closeted with some visiting big shot He'd immediately gone
off to be by himself.

A soft knock came at the door. Gil's hand dipped inside his
loosened gambeson, fishing out the Browning automatic. He
padded to the door, the clammy stone making his bare feet clench.
The knock came again, discreet rapping a servant would use.
Nevertheless, he stood to one side of the bolted door, cocking the
pistol.

"Yeah?"

. **Sir, the Ku-Mor-Mcd craves your presence with an haste. He
has tidings of import which you must needs

hear." ** 'Craves my presence,'w Gil muttered. "Okay, tell

him rm coming, be right along.**

He wondered why Springbuck would want conversation hi the
middle of the night. He sat on his wide, empty bed, sighing and
pulling his boots on. A new thought made him pause. Maybe
Springbuck had picked up on something about Bey?

His sword, byrnie and other gear he left on the floor, in a burst of