Chapter 7
The Training of KyraAs the weeks went by Karne and Kyra became more and more deeply involved in the new knowledge they were gaining from the priest. Maal arranged to meet them secretly at certain times in the hills, where they had met before, but one day he suggested they meet at the home of a friend of his, remote from the village and yet not as remote as the hills. Karne and Kyra had been finding it difficult to slip away unnoticed for quite the length of time required for visiting the northern hills. They were surprised when he mentioned a friend and thought perhaps he meant another priest or maybe even one of the Elders who was not totally loyal to Wardyke and Thorn. But they discovered it was Fern, a girl they had known slightly for years, a year older than Karne, living so
