Chapter 5
The StormIsar journeyed deeper and deeper into danger searching for Lark.
Having been betrayed once he was cautious in his approach to other people, and it was not until he reached his third village that he was so tired and hungry he decided to risk showing himself.
He heard music coming from one of the houses and took this as a sign that the people had not yet been completely demoralized by Na-Groth’s rule.
He slipped silently from the shelter of the woods and made for the house with music.
His heart ached for the old ways of his people, so suddenly changed. Now a man must look continually over his shoulder and on no day could he assume a tomorrow.
The music was sweet and sad, made partly by the plucking of strings, partly by the blowing of pipes. He stood in the doorway a
