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back to the city as quickly as possible. Do you have a wagon or something like - "

Elissia's words broke off when there was no longer a man to speak them to. The
man in black leather had turned and run into the woods, hopefully to go for more
help. With that in mind, Elissia returned to the cabin's bedroom and sat down next
to Derand to wait for that help to arrive.

No more than ten minutes passed before a large number of black-clad men
appeared. One of them came close to the bed, gently moved Elissia out of the way,
then bent to look at his king. Derand moaned a little when the newcomer touched
him here and there, but other than that there was no response.

"You're right, Your Majesty, the king is unconscious rather than sleeping," the man
said after straightening again. "I'm good enough to take care of battlefield wounds,
but what the king needs is a real doctor. We'll have to get him back to Ramsond."

"How are you going to do that?" Elissia demanded at once, not about to let anyone
cause more difficulty for the man she loved. "He can't sit a saddle, and draping him
over one will - "

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty," the man interrupted with gentle strength.
"Some of the men are right now putting a litter together, and we'll get the king back
to Ramsond that way. He's a strong man, Your Majesty, and I'm certain he'll be fine
once he's had some bed rest."

"Bed rest he should have been getting instead of riding after me," Elissia muttered
as she turned away, so furious with herself that she wished the savage had spanked
her even harder last night. Or done something worse, something bad enough to
equal the way she'd put his life in danger. But how could she have known that he
really did love her? Assuming he'd been telling the truthтАж

Elissia's thoughts went around and around, but she wasn't left to their untender
mercies for long. In a much shorter time than she'd expected, a group of men
appeared and started to gently put the savage into his clothes. That suggested the
litter was ready, so Elissia went out to look at the thing.

The litter was no more than two long saplings trimmed down to poles with two

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blankets tied to them. The tops of the poles were also tied to the stirrups of a horse,
with a second horse standing near the bottoms of the poles. Under other conditions
the bottoms of the poles would be dragged along the ground, but Elissia thought
that this time the litter would be suspended between the two horses. Dragging the
litter would give its occupant much too rough a ride.

The small clearing near the cabin was filled with mounted men in black leather, and
one of those men held the reins of the savage's stallion. Seeing that made Elissia
look around for her own horse, and only then did she notice that her mount had