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Dominion wouldn't exist--these people would still be toiling
under a slaver's whip and the old Sergeant would be raising
his horses."
Power rushed up through Danny, the skin on his bones,
tingled with the force building within him. The dark man
stared at him with a horrid fascination sketched on his
features. The silver circlet burned with heat and gleamed,
filling the darkened room with sorceries light...
"I regret ever riding into your valley, northerner." The
words were whispered as he closed his eyes and resigned
himself to his fate.
The power was full, seductive and inviting. The sheer
energy of it made the small hairs on Danny' arms stand on
end. A sound of a wounded and drying animal filled the
chamber, as the power was unleashed. White streaks of
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lightening shot around the chamber, dancing on the dark
stones. Danny collapsed on his knees as the power
discharged. An unseen hand squeezed hard at his chest
tightening until it was almost impossible to breathe until a sob
ripped out of his throat. Tears fell freely as a child's -- the
sorrow of a long lost child facing an unknown and frightening
future. Tears that couldn t have fallen the night before
streamed down his hotly flushed face. He cried for the child,
he wailed for the youth who endured so much and sobbed for
man who had seen so much loss. Tears fell until no more
tears would.
Weakness clung to his limbs as he tottered back to his
feet. A hot shot of pain blazed across the front of his skull
where the circlet had burned hotly. He slipped it from his
head and held it loosely in his fingers. "The safest place for
you is here. Edan would love to kill you with his bare hands.
The man you were is no more. The man I hate is gone. We
are going up against a army. We'll need every man who can
swing a sword."
"My sword will be in your service."
"Your life might yet be forfeit. The Illumination won't
care if you are hired swords. You will be counted among the
enemy."
"So be it.
Dim light was approaching as Danny slipped out of the
chamber. The weight of the circlet felt more than should have
been. He paused for a moment waiting for the mocking
tempting voice to speak to him but it stood in silence.
"Milord?"
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Danny watched as the golden eyed man rose from the
step of the spiral case, concern etched deeply on his face. The
golden gaze slid past him to the black barred door. "He's
alive, Kev."
Danny stepped closer, cupping his hand under the other's
chin, "I didn't greet you properly when you returned." The
kiss was hard and deep...the Dark Lord demanding
submission from his minion. Kev moaned as he felt Danny
excitement pressing hard against his groin.  Danny. Kev
speared his hands into the golden hair...  My beautiful..."
Danny caught his hands and pulled them away with his
whole body he forced Kev back down on the stairs. Their
breathing turned deep and harsh. Kev groaned has he took his
Lord's weight on his stirring member but he laid still as the
heat of a forceful tongue buried itself in his mouth. Dancing
along his teeth, seducing with quick stabbing motions. Danny
pulled back. Kev stared up at the exotic man whose eyes had
turned a deep ocean blue. "Do you want this body?"
"You, only you. I love you. I have always loved you."
Kev blinked up into the eyes then forced his mouth into work.
The words were mere breath on air, but he had coaxed his
heart into the message. "Let me love you..."
The Tower began to shudder with the otherworldly clang
of the Wards sounding. Danny pushed Kev away fighting for
some control that he needed. Kev s eyes were glazed with
desire and his blinked as Danny started up the stairs, two at a
time. The Darkness filled his head...the sheer power
blanketing the exhaustion and weariness with exhilaration.
His breathing was even as he came to the top of the Tower.
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Casting his mind wide he found a wiling host in a scarlet
cardinal. The bird s heart beat in his own chest as their wings
flapped harder and reached for the thermal off to the right.
The wind rose them high....higher. The jagged black rock
wall suddenly loomed before them and the cardinal winged
it s way to the top. Claws gripped around a small outcrop
and Danny peered down with the eyes of the bird.
A woman with hair so pale it was gold hugged a babe
tight to her chest as she staggered through the underbrush and
came face to face with the wall. Another child, maybe only
10 seasons old staggered up behind her followed by a
heavyset woman with hair turning to the grey of age. The
howls of the tracking hounds spun them around to stare back
in desperate horror.
 My Lord, what is it? Kev s voice sounded loud in his
ear but he kept his bird host eyes trained on the group below.
The crashing of a large body brought the child scurrying
behind the pale woman. Another woman bounded out of the
brush, the  s brand stood black and red on her temple.
 Runaways... The words sounded slurred and distant
and took more effort than Danny expected to say them.
 It could be a trap.
The branded woman reached down and caressed the
child s face, brushing away tears with her thumb. The baying
of the hounds started up again as they once more found the
scent. She grabbed the child up on her hip and pointed a new
path along the wall to take. They began running.
Danny fell to his knees as his mind returned to his body.
Kev caught him under the shoulders before he landed in a
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heap on the black stone floor. Too much had happened for
the fragile form to take.  They re along the western wall.
Two women and two children. Hunting dogs are after them...
I didn t see the slavers.
 Cowards...They won t cross over.
 Get some people over to the western wall, near the
marsh. There s a dead tree there. That s where I m going to
let them in.
 Danny...
 The dogs will tear them to shreds. They don t have
much strength or time left. Danny pushed the Kev s hand
free then caught it up again.  I ll follow after I locate those
slavers. Hurry Kev...they have travelled so far.
 Immediately. Warm lips pressed against his fingers.
Kev savoured the gentle touch briefly, turned and ran back
down the circular case, taking two steps at a time.
The men from the village were out milling around in the
courtyard when Kev bolted from the Tower.
 We have runners at the west wall. I need volunteers to
ride with me. The Dark Lord is going to open the wall.
Phena had stopped crying long ago. Airena cupped her
child s head to her breasts, gulping down air and trying not to
fear the worst. Mira rushed past staring up at the towering
black wall before them.  This shouldn t be here. No one said
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