"You knewv they were there, didn't you?" Kahlan asked. Against thedarkening sky. she could just make out the shapes of three black-tipped races taking to wving, beginning their nightly hunt. That waswhy he'd stopped.

  "Yes," Richard said. He gestured over his shoulder wvithoutturning to look. "There are two more, back there."

Kahlan briefly scanned the dark jumble of rock, but she didn't see any others.

Lightly grasping the silver pommel with two fingers, Riclard lifted his swvord a few inches, checking that it was clear in its scabbard. A last fleeting glimmer of amber light played across Iris golden cape as he let the sword drop back in place. In the gathering gloom of dusk, his familiar, tall, powerful contour seemed as if it were no more than an apparition umde of shadoxvs.

  "You knewv they were there, didn"t you?" Kahlan asked. Against thedarkening sky. she could just make out the shapes of three black-tipped races taking to wving, beginning their nightly hunt. That waswhy he"d stopped.

  "Yes," Richard said. He gestured over his shoulder wvithoutturning to look. "There are two more, back there."

Kahlan briefly scanned the dark jumble of rock, but she didn"t see any others.

Lightly grasping the silver pommel with two fingers, Riclard lifted his swvord a few inches, checking that it was clear in its scabbard. A last fleeting glimmer of amber light played across Iris golden cape as he let the sword drop back in place. In the gathering gloom of dusk, his familiar, tall, powerful contour seemed as if it were no more than an apparition umde of shadoxvs.

Just then, two more of the huge birds shot by right overhead. One, wings stretched wide. let out a piercing scream as it banked into a tight gliding turn, circling once more in assessment of the five people below...

This night they wvould find ample food.