04 Dark Ladys Chosen by Martin Gail Z

Author:Martin, Gail Z [Z, Martin, Gail]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T21:06:20.568000+00:00

cloth. Please hurry, the young man said. Shes lost a lot of blood. Carina looked up, and realized that the young man was vayash moru, and guessed that decades, not months, separated him in age from the woman in his arms. Shes my granddaughter, the vayash moru said, and as Carina looked at him more closely, she saw that the skin on his back was charred. Whats your name? Gwill. Carina and Lisette busied themselves tending to the deep gash on the womans arm. Carina cleaned the wound and treated it with an herbal tincture that elicited a groan from the woman. What happened? Carina asked as she worked to close the wound and bind it to stop the bleeding. My familys lived for generations in a small farming community, Gwill said. Several of us who were vayash moru remained to help work the land. Weve kept to ourselves and never bothered the neighboring farms. We feed from our own goats and mind our business. But yesterday, the raiders came before sunset, while I and the others were at rest. They came to burn our day crypts, and when our families tried to defend us, the raiders killed them. Gwills grief was clear in his face, denied tears by the Dark Gift. Carina looked at the womans arm. She guessed the deep slice had been made by a scythe or a harvesting knife. Farmers weapons, but no less lethal than a sword or war axe. They hoped to lure us out into the daylight, and when we heard the screams of our families, we came. Gwill shook his head. There were only a few of us left. The rest went to fight for Lord Vahanian and Lord Gabriel. But we were afraid to leave the farms unguarded. We never meant to be their undoing. How did you get away? Carina had finished binding up the womans arm, and she spooned a little of a bright green elixir into the womans mouth. They set a trap for us. As soon as we came out of our day crypts, the raiders set our village ablaze and waited for us with torches and flaming arrows. My brother and I are both vayash moru. He tried to hold back the raiders while I took the others into the caves for safety. As we reached the forest, I heard him scream. I saw him catch fire, as we ran into the forest. How many did you take to the caves? From Gwills tortured expression, she knew that he believed his efforts to be a failure. Six. But there had been thirty of us.

What happened to your back? He grimaced. Even the raiders dont dare pursue us by night. Down in the caves, there were a few others of our kind, also trying to help their families escape. And some of the vyrkin women with their pups. We moved through the caves to travel as safely as we could, knowing that one entrance comes up in the forest not far from the gates of Dark Haven.

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