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understood. Who was this black stranger that haunted her dreams? Whoever he was, he was getting closer to finding her. What was going to happen when he finally touched her?
     
    She went to sleep worrying about her dreams but, for once, she slept peacefully.
     
    A few days later, Zarin returned from his trip. This gave Tianna some free time and she decided that she would spend a few days in the woods tracking down that herb-destroying boar. Although she didn’t like the idea of killing for revenge, this animal had pushed her over the line.
     
    With a devilish smile on her face she, said to herself, “ Well, a girl has to eat .”
     
    She gathered up her bow, quiver of arrows, and supplies for a few days.
     

     
    Zarin was in the village so she left a note on the table for him. He and her parents were used to her disappearing for a couple of days at a time, so they wouldn’t be worried. She walked out of her back door and headed into the woods. She thought that a few undisturbed days with nothing but nature as her companion would do her a world of good.
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 2 - The Quest
     
     
    “Remind me again why we’re traveling across this god forsaken country-side?” Nathaniel was getting tired of his hot and sweaty horse, the endless trail, biting flies, unappealing camp food, lumpy bedrolls, and unfeeling trees.
     
    Marcus shook his head in exasperation. “I’ve said a hundred times, you know why we travel. The Seer has never been wrong.”
     
    Nathaniel sighed and walked his horse past Gabriel to be closer to Marcus. “There’s always a first time for her to be wrong. Before we left, the Seer was acting odd. I’m not sure we can count on all of her visions to be accurate.”
     
    Gabriel glanced from Nathaniel to Marcus. “Although I never discount the words of the Seer, I’m beginning to see Nathaniel’s point of view.”
     
    Nathaniel twisted quickly in his saddle to look at Gabriel. Raising his eyebrows in surprise, he shouted, “Ha! I knew you would learn to love me Gabby Boy.”
     
    Gabriel clenched his fists and gave Nathaniel a deep growl. “I wouldn’t go that far, Lover Boy. But…” He hesitated, relaxed his stance, and said to Marcus, “Nathaniel does have a point. We’ve been traveling for many months with no success. If this warrior does exist, I don’t think he wants to be found.”
     
    Marcus was getting frustrated with his brothers. He knew they missed home, but he also knew how important this quest was, not just to his people, but to all the people of Lagrangia. He needed to help them grasp the importance of their travels. He slipped into a lecturing tone as he said, “The war has cost us dearly and our numbers decrease every day. The Seer says that this warrior will help bring an end to the war and start a new era of peace. If there’s any chance that he exists, I for one want to find him.”
     
    Seth joined the discussion. “But Marcus. How could a Draak that powerful exist without our knowledge? Since we can only breed within our own kind and not outside of our Sett, we’re able to track all of our births…” After a brief pause he added, “… as well as our deaths.”
     
    As Seth spoke, Nathaniel winced and pointed his sword at Seth‘s chest. “Please don’t say the word ‘breed’. I haven’t been with anyone in so long that I’ve almost forgotten what a wiggling, naked, sweaty female underneath me feels like.” He grinned at the thought. “It’s too bad we can’t bear children with humans. There are a few women I’d be willing to share my seed with again, and again, and again.” He stared off into the trees with a wicked grin on his face.
     
    Seth rolled his eyes but then pondered for a minute. He said seriously, “Is it true that human females can’t conceive from a Draak? Are we sure that we can only have children with a full-blooded Draak?”
     
    Marcus, ever the historian, responded. “In my 221 years I’ve never known of a