If It's Irresistible, It's Probably Bait ~ by SaralynArati

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And then the duel is joined, with Shooting Star on foot and the rider still mounted. Something rolls across the slick roadway and the horse seems to step into a hole and stumble. The rider falls and Estel pounces; she cannot afford to let him regain his balance with his poisoned blade. Unfortunately, not all of the original cart guards have been disabled. They yell, and scramble to reach Shooting Star's unprotected back. Then, miraculously, a carriage appears, and a man leaps down from it.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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"Meet your doom, Silver Fox!" a man's voice snarls. "One cut of my sword and you die, liberating my love, my dusky goddess, to be with me!" Estel realizes with horror that the letter writer believes the Sword of Justice to be Silver Fox in spite of all evidence to the contrary, and means to kill him here and now. Her "faithful swain" is about to do her in, with the maximum of melodrama! Carefully she edges away from the peasants and towards the copse of trees where she last saw Summer Wind.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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With farm folk milling around in the rain, some of them making themselves useful by conking the guards on the head with the heavy locks, Shooting Star cannot make it back to the waiting horse before the dark rider catches up with her. Therefore, she stands her ground, and hopes for magical support. There is only one rider, but Shooting Star has a very, very bad feeling about this. Sure enough, a throwing star whizzes past her ear and clangs against the bars of the cart. It is dripping venom.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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The night they choose is foggy, with a fine misty rain occasionally falling, and Summer Wind is quite wet by the time she arrives. To lighten the tension, she suggests throwing a bucket of water over Shooting Star so that they'll match better. She holds up the cart and then makes the transfer, flawlessly as usual. Estel must fight a couple of guards, but then has the locks broken and people streaming forth in all directions. Warning from Smoke Cat comes; the mysterious rider is approaching.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Shooting Star promises that she will free the men, and possibly also women, and then run, since the transport cart is bound to be guarded by several bullies. Summer Wind pledges to be extra careful, watching surreptitiously from her shallow cover and available to lend magical aid. Smoke Cat feels slightly useless, but her job, to scry the surrounding area and alert the other two of any travelers or interloping riders, is equally valuable. In this way, the women hope to minimize the danger.

10 years ago