"We should get the princess," he replied.
"Then go and get her," said Beverly. "Fetch her while the gate is recharging. Send me through."
"All right," he said, "but at least take your sword with you, I'd hate to think of you unarmed surrounded by Orcs. Stand back, I have to take up a centre position to activate the gate."
She lifted her sword from the ground, and scabbarded it, all the while keeping her eyes on the Orc Chieftain. He duplicated her moves, returning his own blade to his belt. A moment later, Revi spoke, and the surface of the flame rippled.
Having previously passed through the gate, this time she was prepared. She had taken a stance, firm on her feet, as she touched the surface. She experienced but a moment of disorientation and then she was standing in a cave, the flame
