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NIGHTSEER
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Scanned by Keleios; proofed by Nadie.

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v4.1 15th June 2002 (spelling, conversion and formatting errors fixed)

Contents
тАв Prologue
тАв 1тАФA Reluctant Dreamer
тАв 2тАФA Spell of Binding
тАв 3тАФProphecy
тАв 4тАФAn Answer
тАв 5тАФInto the Darkness
тАв 6тАФBlood Oath
тАв 7тАФDemonтАЩs Edge
тАв 8тАФThe White Dagger
тАв 9тАФFire and Ice
тАв 10тАФThe Only Thing More Sad
тАв 11тАФChains
тАв 12тАФAlharzor
тАв 13тАФHarque the Witch
тАв 14тАФA Brass Horn Sounding
тАв 15тАФThe GuardianтАЩs Isle
тАв 16тАФA Matter of Magic

Prologue
Prophecy begins with a childтАЩs nightmare.

Keleios did not know the dream was prophetic; she only knew it felt different from other
dreams.

Mother, Elwine the Gentle, stood at the top of a stairway. She smiled and beckoned with a
slender white hand. Keleios, the child, ran to her. Keleios saw her as very tall and very
beautiful, as only a mother can be. A blemish appeared on the womanтАЩs face, a mere
darkening of the skin, but it grew. The blackness burst the skin in an oozing sore. A
second blackness raised on her forehead, and another, and another. Keleios held the white
hand, saying, тАЬMother whatтАЩs wrong?тАЭ
The woman screamed and fell to her knees, jerking her hand free from Keleios. Her
mother whispered, тАЬRun.тАЭ

Keleios ran. The hallways were dark with flickering torches sending twisted shadows in
her path. And from one shadow stepped a woman. Harque the Witch formed from the
darkness. Keleios knew Harque did not like her mother, and the child had always been
afraid of the witch without knowing why. Harque said, тАЬWhere is the fair Elwine the
Gentle? Where is she now?тАЭ
Keleios screamed and ran back the way she had come. She ran, but the voice kept asking,
тАЬWhere is the fair Elwine the Gentle? Where is she now?тАЭ