Chapter TenDrawn by the sounds of shouting and conflict as well as the unexplainable radiance that poured into the Healing Ward, several attendant Healers rushed into the garden room to find the most shocking and unexpected scene. Tearful and uncertain Ayla and Nayina were kneeling beside Mardan who lay curled upon the floor groaning, his arms crossed over his abdomen and his wings tightly curled round himself in a clear sign of distress. Reydan stood at his other side, gazing down on him while absently nursing several bleeding cuts upon his face, neck and hands. Gairynzvl stood at the young Celebrant's feet, but was turned about and was watching the Healers who were hurrying into the room. The most startling sight of all, however, was the pallid, horned she-demon he held firmly by the arm
