Chapter Twenty-Two
"Gods and Beasts"A
soft knock on the door roused Bodb from much needed slumber. Padding barefoot to the door, he cracked it and asked his waker's business.
"The fell beast has been rescued," Phadraig whispered.
"I expected as much," Bodb said heavily. "When?"
"Now. I just left the chamber. His rescuer looked nothing like MacKegan's niece, but she might have changed herself. They say she had that power."
"What else did you see?" Bodb beckoned the silver elf inside, closed the door silently. "You have someone tracking them, I trust."
"Nay, lord," Phadraig said. "They did not walk out."
"Transportation," Bodb said with dread. "But that skill was lost when the temple burned."
"MacKegan's niece studied there, lord."
"True." Bodb paced a moment while the other elf st
