Chapter 15
The fire-mareWhether Isar and Gya would ever have found the entrance to the great gorge in which Urak had her lair, had Urak herself not been too preoccupied to guard her domain, it would be impossible to say.
When the two young men made camp one evening, they were unaware how close they were to the end of all their searching. In fact, even Gya was beginning to lose hope; he tethered the horses and helped Isar collect the wood for the fire silently and morosely.
What if they did not find her? What if she was already dead — or ‘taken over’, as Kyra seemed to fear? So many memories came crowding into his mind: Deva riding beside him with her hair flying out behind her... Deva biting her lip as she concentrated on drawing the bow when he was teaching her to shoot... Deva bathing
