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combat the icy cascade. Where she currently stood, however, the trail was
wide enough to allow some room for maneuverтАж
тАЬKazтАФyou squeeze around the Seer and get in front. IтАЩll need you to break
trail, and take the brunt of the currentтАжтАЭ
тАЬNo problem.тАЭ The firedrake began to inch past AethonтАЩs recumbent bulk.
тАЬIтАЩll take you too, BossтАФand donтАЩt give me a hard time. You put a good
face on it, but I know youтАЩre not fit yet. You canтАЩt fight the force of that
torrent any more than Aethon can.тАЭ
Instinctively, Veldan wanted to protestтАФbut there was no point, she
realized. He was right. She turned to the Dragon. тАЬAethon? Aethon! Can you
hear me?тАЭ If he was this far gone alreadyтАж
тАЬIтАж I hear you, VeldanтАжтАЭ The thought was no more than a whisper. тАЬDo
not fear. I can continueтАжтАЭ
тАЬItтАЩs not far now,тАЭ Veldan tried to encourage him. тАЬJust this one last stretch.
Follow KazтАФand let me know if you get into difficulties.тАЭ
тАЬFear not. I will.тАЭ
By this time, Kaz was in position. The firedrakeтАЩs long, slender, low-slung
body was humped in a half crouch by the edge of the torrent where the
floodwater ran across the angle of the trail and plummeted down into the
gorge. Though his face was expressionless, his tail switched jerkily back and
forth to emphasize his distaste. Despite his reptilian appearance, Kaz was a
warm-blooded creature and felt the cold as acutely as his human partner did.
He turned to regard her and dipped his head in the firedrake equivalent of a
shrug. тАЬWet feet from here, sweetieтАФbut not for you. Hop aboard.тАЭ
Veldan placed her booted foot just above the angled elbow of KazтАЩs foreleg
and clasped the final spine of his neck crest as she clambered up to perch
herself on his shoulders. As she swung herself up, she felt a white-hot stab
of pain through her left shoulder and arm. Would these wounds never heal
properly? Though the scars seemed to be knitting well on the surface, the
AkтАЩZahar had used poisoned weapons, and the far-reaching effects of the
venom had lasted an unnervingly long time.
тАЬReady, Boss?тАЭ Again, there was that dark shade of worry in KazтАЩs
thoughts, and Veldan knew he had sensed her pain but knew better than to
mention it.

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тАЬLetтАЩs go.тАЭ The Loremaster held tightly to the lowest spine of KazтАЩs neck
crest as his undulating stride swung her forward, and they set out up the
final, flooded stretch of the track. Veldan heard Kaz hiss as he entered the
swirling, freezing waterтАФthen the sound was drowned by a low, ominous
rumble that seemed to emanate from the very rocks all around them.
There was barely time to look around. From the corner of her eye, Veldan
glimpsed the sloping earth of the mountainside above her sliding forward in
a huge rolling wave like a shaken quiltтАФthen the surging wall of mud,
water, and trees was upon them. She tightened her grip on KazтАЩs neck as the
firedrake tried to leap forward out of dangerтАФ then a massive concussion
knocked the breath from her body and she felt herself being torn away from