This Scepter'd Isle by Mercedes Lackey

Author:Mercedes Lackey [Lackey, Mercedes]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2004-04-10T07:00:00+00:00

Would they spend eternity in this hell?

CHAPTER NINETEEN Almost mindless with terror, Denoriel finally recalled that there were open Gates, Gates that would take you anywhere you were strong enough to chose as a terminus, if there was a Gate terminus there. He fixed his mind on Logres . . . on Gating to Logres . . . blessed Dannae, how he wanted to get to Logres! . . .

. . . and spilled out into a swirling mist so thick that he could barely make out Harry and the larger bulk of Miralys.

The elvensteed, solid again, dropped to his knees, bearing Denoriel down.

But a moment later, he shook himself, and then got to his feet. Denoriel no longer felt cold and empty. Mwynwen's spell was working again. He heard Miralys snorta nice energetic snort.

"Where are we now, Lord Denno?" Harry asked cheerfully. "I don't think this is where you wanted to go eitherbut it's almost like home. London has fogs like this. Are we back in London?"

"I'm afraid not, Harry." Denoriel picked up the saddle. "Here, let's just step downcareful, there should be a sort of platform. Now hold on to me and don't let go. A foot away and I couldn't see you in this mist. We're in what's called the Unformed lands. If I were a strong enough magician, I could build a whole world in here."

"Are we going to stay here while you build a world?" the boy asked.

Denoriel sighed. He wasn't cold and empty, but he was so tired his knees felt soft. He bent them and felt around. Behind him there seemed to be a low platform of stonehe bruised a knuckle on it. That must be the Gate. Ahead and to each side, however, the ground seemed firm and dry. No one had even bothered to make grass. That was hopeful. Some mage had been here or there wouldn't be a Gate, but perhaps he or she had only wanted to mark an Unformed place for future work. He set the saddle down.

"Let's sit down while I catch my breath."

Harry sat down on the saddle. "After that are you going to built a world?" he asked with the typical persistence of a child.

"Nono!" He sighed. Ah, the boundless confidence of the young. . . . Harry clearly thought he could do anything, and as flattering as that estimation was, he was going to have to disabuse the boy of it. "Unfortunately far stronger mages than I use these lands, and sometimes they are not kindly mages. Sometimes they create unfriendly beasts and leave them as guards."

Harry patted his arm. "They couldn't be much more unfriendly than the beasts we met in that other place," he said, sounding forlorn. "Lord Denno, why did they attack us like that? We weren't threatening them in any way."

"They were hungry," Denoriel said before he thought.

Harry drew in his breath sharply. "They wanted to eat us? They are cannibals?"

Denoriel was surprised into a thin chuckle. "I don't know

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