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and sensual, with sparkling dark eyes that missed nothing, and a great

mane of nightblack hair held back out of her face by strategically

placed ivory combs.



She was a bit skinny for MacNeil's taste, but she moved with an

unselfconscious grace and her smile was bright and challenging.



MacNeil still wasn't quite sure what to make of Constance. She'd joined

his team only a few weeks back, and this was her first mission, her

first chance to show what she could really do. If she was half as good

as she claimed to be, she'd be worth watching. MacNeil frowned slightly.

Constance was replacing a witch called Salamander, who had died three

months ago. Three months ago, almost to the day. Salamander had been a

pretty good witch, in her way, but she always thought herself a

swordswoman as well as a magic-user, and in the end that killed her. She

drew her sword when she should have cast a spell, and the bandit had

been just that little bit faster with his axe. She took a bad wound in

the gut, the wound became infected, and Salamander died in a filthy

village tavern, out of her mind with fever and calling for a husband

who'd been dead five years.



MacNeil had killed the bandit, but it didn't help. He'd led his team
into that village. He'd told them it was safe.



He'd had a lot of trouble finding someone to replace Salamander. Every

Ranger team had to have a magic-user; there were far too many magical