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from Onja by a wall of blue light. Through the pulsing blue light, Dreibrand
could see Onja s face, which was twisted with strain and rage.
After a final snarl Onja relented her attack and Shan gasped with relief.
The fierce swirling energy disappeared between them, but Onja s eyes still
glowed with her magic power.
 If his life means so much to you, then banish yourself with him, Onja
hissed.
Blue fire filled Shan s eyes as well, and he burned with desire to fight his
enemy. He and Onja had not sparred so flagrantly since his first challenge,
and it excited him to block her magic. Over the past four centuries Onja had
sensed his maturing powers, but until that moment she had not realized how
strong he had become, and it had startled her. Shan watched the seed of fear
germinate inside her, and it gratified him, but he cautioned himself not to
gain too much confidence from the success. The spell had not been meant for
him.
I am a fool to try now. My magic has a better use at this time, he thought.
 I will leave, Shan announced.
 Leave at once. Or you will spend a century in stone with birds shitting on
your head! Onja threatened.
Shan s nostrils flared, hinting at the hate he restrained. He wanted to hurl
insults at her, but now was not the time to toy with her. Turning to
Dreibrand, Shan put a restraining hand on the man s chest.
 We must retreat to my tower, Shan whispered.
 What is going on? Dreibrand growled.
 Onja just tried to kill you. We must go. Trust me, Shan begged,
pushing him down the hall.
 Go live with your human friends, Shan. Die in shame at the foot of the
Rysamand, Onja yelled.
Although Dreibrand could not understand the words, the wrath of the
Queen of Jingten made him shudder. He feared her power, but he could not just
leave as Shan wanted.
 I must have Miranda and the children, he protested.
 You must have your life, Shan countered and dragged him farther down the
hall.
Dreibrand looked at the Queen and believed his life was in danger.
Reluctantly he yielded to Shan s will, but he loathed his lack of control.
When they reached Shan s tower, the rys bolted the main entrance then leaned
against the doors. Dreibrand watched him wipe perspiration from his forehead
and realized even Shan could be intimidated.
But Shan composed himself quickly and stepped away from the doors.
 What is happening? Dreibrand demanded again.  Did you challenge her and
fail?
 I did not challenge her in the sense that we discussed earlier, but I did
save your life. Her attack spell was meant to kill you. I had to get you out
of there, Shan explained.
 But we have to get to Miranda, Dreibrand said.
 She is not there! Shan cried.  That is why we had to retreat. I could not
waste time fighting with Onja when I have a chance to find Miranda.
 Find her! Where is she? Dreibrand exclaimed.
 The Tatatook probably took her somewhere. I must meditate to find her, Shan
said.
 And the children? Dreibrand asked.
 They are in the suite. They are unhurt, Shan replied.  Trust me
Dreibrand, and do not leave this tower without me. I should be able to find
her quickly. Just hope that it is quick enough and that she is still alive.
 Alive? Dreibrand choked, thinking of the flying monster hurting
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Miranda.
Such thoughts devastated him, and dark rage boiled inside him, urging him to
rush through the Keep killing wantonly until he reached Onja.
Luckily his anger stopped short of suicide. Such a rampage would be a useless
folly. One sho dart and he would be defeated.
Shan rushed upstairs to a private chamber, and he sat down cross-legged in the
center of the room. Dreibrand followed but stayed back to watch from a
distance. Shan seemed already to be in a trance, and blue light filled his
eyes.
In his mind, Shan remembered Miranda. He remembered her face and he remembered
the individual force of her soul. Seeking her energy, he released his mind
over the land. The features of the Jingten Valley passed beneath his inner
vision as if he flew in the sky like the Tatatook. He scanned the woodlands
and streams, looking up and down the mountains.
Shan looked once and then twice, finally becoming desperate. He did not sense
Miranda, which meant she could be dead. It could take him quite a long time to
find a cold dead body.
Then his mind was drawn to a mountain. He could see the powdery snow blowing
from the frozen peak where summer could never reach.
Shan recognized the disdainful profile of Mount L cha. It was the view from
the Galnuvet Glacier.
A dim lifeforce abandoned on the glacier beckoned his mind. Focusing his
perception, Shan looked down on the frozen giant that carved valleys out of
mountains and found Miranda. She was sprawled among jutting chunks of ice.
Shan gently lowered his mind over her body and rejoiced in the beating of her
heart. But her eyes were closed and she was unmoving, and Shan knew that she
only lingered in this world.
With less that prudent haste, Shan recalled his mind to his body.
Disregarding the strain on his system, he sprang to his feet. Dreibrand
stopped his crazy pacing, expecting an answer from the rys. Shan looked beyond
his friend and out a window. The lowering sun reflected redly on the snowy
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