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at this halt to their love-making.

"What's wrong?"

The Queen continued to stare out at the night. Great
banks of black cloud moved like predatory monsters,
swiftly across the wind-torn sky. The night was raucous
and angry about Bakshaan; full of ominous portent.

Theleb K'aarna repeated his question and again re-
ceived no answer. He stood up angrily, then, and joined
her at the window.

"Let us leave now, Yishana, before it is too late. If El-
ric learns of our presence in Bakshaan, we shall both
suffer." She did not reply, but her breasts heaved
beneath the flimsy fabric and her mouth tightened.




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The sorcerer growled, gripping her arm. "Forget your
renegade freebooter, ElricтАФyou have me now, and I can

do much more for you than any sword-swinging medi-
cine-man from a broken and senile empire!"

Yishana laughed unpleasantly and turned on her
lover. "You are a fool, Theleb K'aarna, and you're
much less of a man than Elric. Three aching years have
passed since he deserted me, skulking off into the night
on your trail and leaving me to pine for him! But I still
remember his savage kisses and his wild love-making.
Gods! I wish he had an equal. Since he left, I've never
found one to match himтАФthough many have tried and
proved better than youтАФuntil you came skulking back
and your spells drove them off or destroyed them." She
sneered, mocking and taunting him. "You've been too
long among your parchments to be much good to me!"

The sorcerer's face muscles tautened beneath his
tanned skin and he scowled. "Then why do you let me
remain? I could make you my slave with a potionтАФyou
know that!"

"But you wouldn'tтАФand are thus my slave, mighty
wizard. When Elric threatened to displace you in my af-