More fire, she thought, and the machine formed several balls of fire and sent them hovering above the heads of the Krotes. “Krotes!” she shouted.

The warriors screeched in response. They stared at the machine and raised their hands, and she saw the fire reflected in their eyes. She walked the thing among them, letting them reach out and touch its cool stone and cooler flesh. The fires faded out, but in the twilight they could all see and feel this thing which, when multiplied, would help them win the war.

Lenora smiled at Angel and S’Hivez, and she saw that they were pleased.

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DUSK

A Bantam Spectra Book / February 2006

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