devenasoftfootfalldeenoughnoisetobenoticedsunbrightjerkedashepointedwildly”looklook,sher”
greenoniouslyduedonherruasthens
”ruellana”thebarbarianhollered,hisvoiceincrediblyloudinthesleepingcity”ruellana,stop”
ahead,indeepershadople,shortshiftflittedaanblunderedafter,hispingbehindhigreenthatitrap,buthedidnthear
theghostgirlpausedandtued,andsunbrightgothisfirstgoodlookatheritysteriouslyappearedathiscafirehalfas,andhereshewasagain
sheheldoutbotharenticingly,thenflickeredsidee,pivotedhroughthedoorintoblackness
andfelladozenfeetthepledhislegsbeneathhistunninghiblinking,hecastabout,butuldseenothingbutpitchblacknessand,highoverhead,thegrayishoutlineofthedoorway
thenthereroseahlikeblackfog
hanoath,heokealesceandhardenhinsends,heonsteringredeyesandhair
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horrifiedheghthavebeen,butitatiitssheathsenandyetleftthendeadtodothesaostfearsoandheresunbright,exhaustedanddrunkbutrapidlysobering,rappedinadeathpithanundeadfiend
thethingprovideditsoeenvelopeditshead,andetyeyesoonstervisible,oritghtbeseenasthinnerthanitreallyasterofitselent
still,thisothenextortononeifoneuldstrikehardandfasthoutshirking
buthisassaultstartedoutbadly
hisheadstillreeling,sunbrightkickedhielfuprightanddroppedbacktobraceforalongseppedonopenair
hisironringedbootjingledaisstepghthavesavedhiforthe,likeaoffishhooks,butbarelygrazedthefrontofhisbearskinjerkin
gaspinginpain,thebarbariandraggedbatoubleanotherstepandcripplehielf,heostudythetrap
byripplinghellfla,hedfirstthoughttheehoadeanysenseforasilecellarintheabandonedpartoftoheadvancingghostthing,hesandleftattheglisteningtouchednothing
frantibledoversoeitherthiscellarundercutthestreettrendously,andthethresholdsatonnothing,orelse
orelsehedblunderedintoanotherhertypeofspacealtogether
aphant
thensterundulatedlikeahoveringsnakeandsnatchedathisscalphonehand,thentheother,testingajab,apoke,andtheslashesuedbutforhowlong
bleintoanykindofpit,falldoelostinah
orsothinghandeath
”sunbright”greenbaaidhunsp,thebarbarianthoughtinterror
”dont”hisvoiceedoeation”staythere”
hehadtot,asafoxickedhistuingssunbrighthadaboutscreselfasfararoundaspossibleovinghisfeet,heghastswoopedin
aclaehoostsnappedhisneckjerkingbackangle
hisfeetethingsolid,buthisleftelbousthavevanishedintotheearthrollinginterrorfroheahssuggested,thebarbarianfoundabiggercreviceya,oneosockstill,hetrieddesperatelytothink
blingthoughtsuldntforpictureethingelse,aterrainthehunnduldntp
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