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тАЬ тАЩLess the Ariyens take her back.тАЭ
тАЬ тАЩLess that,тАЭ he agreed.
тАЬSometimes she acts more hunted than hunter,тАЭ Ire said softly.
Muraus gave the young man a sharp look. тАЬAye, that she does.тАЭ
Ire gazed toward the mountains. тАЬI wonder if she really went all the way
north, really saw the birdmen.тАЭ
Pratton gave Ire a sly look. тАЬYou could ask her when she comes back. You
brag enough about your handsome face and how women do anything for it.тАЭ
The younger man grinned. тАЬItтАЩs not my face they love. Besides, itтАЩs you
who should ask her when she returns. You got along fine at the shooting
games yesterday.тАЭ
Pratton shrugged uncomfortably. тАЬSheтАЩs a good shot and a master healer,
and my hip ached like a wounded worlag. Besides, she doesnтАЩt need some
gray-haired old man prying about in her head.тАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩs not where youтАЩd be prying if you had your way.тАЭ
тАЬAnd what way would that be?тАЭ Pratton retorted.
Ire merely said obliquely, тАЬThe old women in this town donтАЩt hold their
tongues any more than you do, and their bedtime stories are better.тАЭ
Muraus hid his grin in his white beard.
IreтАЩs eyes got a distant look. тАЬWould be something, wouldnтАЩt it, to see the
breeding grounds, get a glimpse of one of the beasts?тАЭ


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Silver Moons, Black SteelтАФHarper, Tara K - Wolf 05


тАЬA wise man doesnтАЩt bother the wolf,тАЭ the oldest man murmured.
They were silent for a moment. Then Pratton offered, тАЬShe wouldnтАЩt be
sticking her knife in you for asking a simple question.тАЭ
Ire grinned slowly, unaware of how much his manner was already like that
of the two older men. He added his own persuasion. тАЬEven if she did, she
could sew you back up like a split pillowcase as long as she found all your
stuffing.тАЭ
Pratton chuckled at the reference to MurausтАЩ thickening belt line, but
Muraus gazed toward the forest. тАЬHave you looked in her eyes?тАЭ His voice
was soft, almost breathed into the wind as if he was afraid of its being heard.
Something in the old manтАЩs voice struck a chill along IreтАЩs spine. тАЬHave
you?тАЭ
тАЬAye.тАЭ
тАЬWhat did you see?тАЭ
тАЬI sawтАжтАЭ MurausтАЩs voice trailed off, and the old man shook his head.
тАЬEnergy. Power. Something cold.тАЭ He ground his toothpick absently into
shards against the rail. тАЬI saw secrets,тАЭ he said softly.
All three glanced involuntarily north to the distant peaks, then
surreptitiously made the sign of the moonsтАЩ blessing. The birdmen, those
creatures who lived in the north, who watched what humans did, who killed
those who approachedтАФthey held plague in their talons and hung that threat
over the world like an ax hung by four spider threads. Disturb them, and the
blade would fall again over human cities. Eyes in the sky, the younger man