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shoulders this time and you could pay the prices that Kwan had to.тАЭ

тАЬOnja is gone. Things will not be as terrible as they were,тАЭ Sandin said rigidly, remembering the
terror of the Deamedron when the vicious wraiths had assailed his men.

Haley proposed, тАЬHusband, go to Phemnalang and assign a subordinate to oversee the building of
your Wilderness fort. Then come back to Atrophane and enjoy an easy life.тАЭ

Sandin snorted, contemptuous of her suggestion that he idle away his middle years as a bored
aristocrat. Being home the past few years had been pleasant, even renewing, but the business of
the Lord General was in the west. How could she expect him to stay home when a whole new
world waited for him out there?

тАЬHaley, wife, you have my respect, but I am shocked that you think you can change my mind in
this,тАЭ he said.

Finally, with a hint of misery, Haley admitted her feelings. тАЬSandin, I am worried. I have a bad
feeling about this. Do not go.тАЭ

тАЬYou have a bad feeling!тАЭ he scoffed. тАЬAnd how did you feel the first time I disappeared into the
Wilderness? Did you have a bad feeling then? By the Gods, you should have.тАЭ

тАЬI was dreadfully worried when there was no report of you for so long,тАЭ Haley defended.

тАЬBut I came home,тАЭ Sandin countered.

тАЬI have a bad feeling,тАЭ Haley insisted.
тАЬFear cannot keep a warrior at home,тАЭ Sandin said. Seeing that she was not comforted, he tried to
share his enthusiasm with her, telling her to imagine the cities that would evolve from the forts that
he would establish. His name and hers would mark the region for generations to come.

Haley conceded that it was an appealing idea, but she would not let go of her premonition.

тАЬEnough of this!тАЭ Sandin commanded. тАЬI am the Lord General and I must attend to my duties. Now,
let us forget this argument and spend our last day together with some pleasure.тАЭ

The coach slowed when it reached his palace and the driver hollered for the gate to be opened.
Haley heeded her husband, knowing that she could not convince him to forego his trip into the
Wilderness. She was a little embarrassed about bothering him with her vague feelings. Although
she wished for her husband to find success and glory, she believed that the Wilderness had more
trials with which to test him.


3. The Secret City

Primal hunger sparked the instincts of the being newly born of the mountains, and the naked male
hunted a mountain sheep. He did not need to think when he saw the fleecy animals grazing on the
new grass. The very flesh of the animal beckoned him. He chased the ram up a steep slope, and
with the beating of the animalтАЩs heart thudding in his ears, he blasted the chest of the ram apart in
an effortless burst of magic.