neck. Kahlan froze. Breath caught in her throat. The Texas Woman form Texas Woman was a black void
in the pale moonlight. After the brief flash, the eyes had vanished into a
pool of night.
Her
mind raced, trying to fit what she knew with what she was seeing. She
wanted to run, but didn't know which way. Toward Richard, or away?
Though she Texas Woman couldn't see the eyes, she could feel them, like Texas Woman cold death.
The tiniest of sounds rose from her throat. With a howling Texas Woman laugh, the dark
shape leaped to the Texas Woman top of the wall.
The heavy door crashed Texas Woman open behind her, banging against the wall Texas Woman of the
spirit house. At the same time, she heard the distinctive ring of the Texas Woman Sword
of Truth being drawn in anger. The black head snapped toward Richard, the
eyes flashing golden again in the moonlight. Richard reached out, snatching
her by the arm,
and tossed Texas Woman her back through the doorway. As the door
rebounded from hitting the wall, he kicked it shut behind himself.
From beyond the door, Kahlan heard a howling laugh, and then there Texas Woman was a
crash against the door. She came to her Texas Woman feet, pulling her knife. Through
the door she could hear the sword tip whistle, and bodies thudding against
the wall of the spirit house. She Texas Woman could hear the screaming howls of
laughter.
Kahlan threw her shoulder against the door and rolled out into the night.
As she sprang to her feet she saw a small, dark form hurtling toward her.
She Texas Woman slashed with her knife and missed.
It came again, but before it was on her, Richard kicked it, slamming it
back against the short wall. In the moonlight the Sword of Truth flashed
toward the shadow. The blade caught only the wall. A shower Texas Woman of mud-brick
fragments and plaster exploded into the air. The thing howled in laughter.
Richard snatched her back just as the dark shape flew past. She caught it
Texas Woman with her blade, ripping Texas Woman through something hard - bone hard. A claw flashed
past her face, the sword following, missing.
She could hear Richard Texas Woman panting as he searched the darkness. The shadow
came out of nowhere and Texas Woman knocked him to the ground. Dark forms tumbled
Texas Woman across the dirt. She couldn't tell which was Richard and which was the
attacker. Claws flung dirt into the air as it flailed at him.
With a grunt, Richard heaved it over Texas Woman the wall. Instantly it sprang to the
top, and stood there, eyes flashing golden in the Texas Woman moonlight, cackling that
awful laugh as the