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Kaz almost dropped the axe. "I don't want that! I should go after them now andтАФ"

"And do nothing." Helati sighed. "My love, you might not want to be clan leader, but I know you too
well. You won't let others take a risk that you can take yourself. To our people, that is the sign of a true
leader, not like those who rule our race now."

"Then our race consists of a bunch of foolsтАФwith me the biggest fool of all."

"And I am a bigger fool for loving you." She embraced him. "I wish there were another way. I don't
want to lose both you and my brother."

Kaz snorted, trying to sound like the reckless warrior he had once been. "You won't lose us. I'll bring
Hecar back. He's probably stopped to talk to every female in the kingdom, that's all."

Stepping away, the minotaur warrior swung the axe back into its harness. He mounted, purposely
looking away from Helati as he did. The thought of leaving her was almost unbearable.

"May your father watch over you, Kaz."

He pictured Ganth, so tall in the memory of his son. It was Ganth's example that Kaz had followed all
his life. At that moment, Kaz realized he had become more like his father since his encounter with Huma
and the others. Would his father or his mother, Kyri, for whom he had named his son, have journeyed
back to Nethosak on such an insane quest? Both of them had gone down with their vessel, Gladiator.

It doesn't really matter what anyone else would do, Kaz decided. I'm the one going.

"KazтАж"

He looked down at Helati. Even in the dark, he could see the set expression on her face.

"If you don't come back soon, I, too, will follow. Some how I will."

"I'll be back."

Turning away, he prodded the horse. The animal started off at a fast trot. He did not look back. He did
not dare to do so. If he had, the minotaur was certain he would have turned around and stayed home,
never leaving the solace of his mate's side again.

Nothing else slowed him as he left the settlement. The other dwellings were dark, but Kaz knew that not

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only those who had tried to join him but also many who had not were peering from the shadows. He had
never wanted to be a leader, not really, but he could not help feeling some pride.

Before long, there was nothing to give sign that anyone lived in the area at all. Kaz had initially chosen
the location because of its remoteness. He cared little for visitors or passersby. While he had become
resigned to the influx of new settlers, he was pleased that few others sojourned to this hard land. There
had been the occasional trader and, once, a foolhardy band of robbers who had not understood what it