"Ah, wights are a tricky matter," Groba said. "There is little I could do," he continued, stepping closer to Maes. "Now that Maes is here, there is mu...h I can do."Groba suddenly gripped onto Maes' arm. Maes struggled but could not break free. Before Rohea could react, Groba muttered a few words, and a puff of smoke appeared around him. After the smoke cleared, both Groba and Maes had disappeared."Maes!" Rohea called."They've teleported away," Pyar stated."Do you know where they've gone?" No, I. Odak spoke to the Chief, interrupting him.“But my son says the dragon knew you had done so.” The Chief continued smoothly. “While she is a vile kin-stealer, we’ve never known her to lie. As you seek to steal her power, like we do, I offer you more food, if you wish it. The same as what my nephew gave you.”“I will, and thanks again.” John accepted the offered rations. “Why do you call the dragon ‘kin-stealer’?”Orisal’s face turned bleak. “This was once our Hall of Heroes. Protected by impassible. “Are you still going swimming Dana? Josh isn’t in town, right?” Abigail asked Dana from across the curved counter.“Yeah, I still am. I’m going with Mike. He hasn’t been swimming for a long time, so I’m going to have to refresh his memory,” Dana explained.“Aw, I was so hoping for you to leave him here so that we can spend some quality time together with this hunk,” Abigail replied, first looking at Dana and then at Michael, biting her lip after she had finished speaking.“Come on now Abi, he. Miho had suggested that we meet because none of us spoke any German. Her note had said nothing about speaking English. After some halting introductions it became clear that their English was only slightly better than my tourist Italian. With the aid of hand gestures and frequent recourse to a well thumbed Berlitz it was established that they came from Milan and their names were Allegra and Daniela. They were travelling round Europe on a pre-University gap year. Both girls wore fashionable.