CHAPTER 5ACROSS THE SEA OF SAND
Kellory accepted a flask of wine, and bade Carthalla do the same, for nights on the Sea of Sand were cold, he had heard. The girl was exasperated with him, and teeming with questions; as soon as they were alone, she let them out.
“Why did you not smite them with your witchfire when they seized us, as you smote the Thungoda?” she demanded hotly.
He looked at her with cold, indifferent eyes. “Less than two moons have passed since I fought the shade of Yaohim in the Dubious Land beyond the world,” he said briefly. “You will remember how close to death I was, and how you nursed me back to strength. The strength of my body has been restored, but within me, my Power is still weak, for much was drained from me in that struggle.”
“You lit the bonfire with a Word
