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through bleared eyes as Mama goes into the burning thing that was once a cabin.

Where are the people? Where is Barden? Where is Carpenter who made her a doll? Where is
Blysse who plays with her? Where isтАж

Something large comes out of the forest behind her. A wolf. What Mama and Papa call a Royal
Wolf, though Tamara doesnтАЩt know why. The wolf licks her in greeting, whines.

Tamara points to the burning cabin. тАЬMama тАжтАЭ

The wolf barks sharply. A second wolf, then two more, come out of the forest. Clearly they fear
the fire, but they run into the burning settlement. One even runs into the cabin, comes out
dragging something that is screaming in raw pain.

TamaraтАЩs eyes flood. She hears shriller screaming and realizes it is her own voice out of control,
belonging it seems to someone other than herself. She canтАЩt stop screaming and all around there
are sparks, flames, smoke, and a terrible smell.

She screams andтАж

Firekeeper awoke, the scream still in her throat, the pups stirring nervously around her. Beyond them, a
large white shape rose. The One Female nudged Firekeeper fully awake, lapping her face with her
tongue.

тАЬAwake, Little Two-legs. The dawn is becoming day. Your journey is before you.тАЭ

II

GETTING THROUGH THE IRON MOUNTAIN GAP the next day proved only nearly impossible.
There was nothing like a traveled pathтАФcertainly a blow to Earl KestrelтАЩs conjectures about renegade
peddlersтАФbut there was a fairly well used game trail.

тАЬElk,тАЭ Race proclaimed. тАЬMoose. Certainly creatures larger than deer. They may summer across the
pass and then come east in the winter.тАЭ

тАЬDelighting our huntsmen to no end,тАЭ said Sir Jared Surcliffe. тАЬWhy do you say they come east in the
winter?тАЭ

тАЬJust a guess,тАЭ the guide admitted. тАЬOcean and mountains both moderate the weather. My thought was
that our winters may be milder because we are walled in by mountains on the west.тАЭ

Derian, recalling some pretty nasty winter storms, bit back a sarcastic comment. He had his hands full
with two of the pack mules, stubborn beasts who refused to follow unless dragged. His booted feet
ached, and he cursed the boulders and loose rocks that made following the straightest route a foolтАЩs
dream.

тАЬMust have been tough going for Prince BardenтАЩs group,тАЭ Jared continued. Still mounted, he was leading
DerianтАЩs Roanne. тАЬThey didnтАЩt have just a few horses and mules. From what the steward reported to
King Tedric, they pretty much stripped the manor of its livestock.тАЭ