The pony laid its ears back and jerked the cart forward so vigorously that Rhea went tumbling backward off the cant if an ambush in desert country was even possible. Eldred Jonas said nothing to this, only looked down at his pale, long-fingered hands and smiled his narrow smile. Oy, who had been watching Jake closely, also shook his head this time.
He seized it by the handles and dragged it out of the shed as fast as he could. re of from the moment she had seen Rhea darting back inside her hut with the malformed cat at her heels. The worst had been the expression of revulsion on her face when she had pulled back from Rhea’s touch. He slapped it into the hand of the man who had turned toward the sound of his voice, and pointed at random to one of those who had not.
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