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| 27 | 1631 | Before him View more quotes about stood">stood Selius Arconious, his body bloody, filthy from war, his tunic torn and soiled, gasping for breath, regarding Mirus furiously, balefully. |
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| 27 | 1628 | As the tharlarion reared again she was aware of Mirus cursing, and a weight, a body, was hanging onto the bridle, pulling the animal down, fiercely, yanking downward, twisting its neck. |
| 27 | 1629 | The animal suddenly lost its balance and went wildly to its side, Ellen being thrown free, rolling to the turf, and then the beast, a moment later, rose up, scrambling, and squealing, and rushed away, out into the grasslands. |
| 27 | 1630 | "You!" cried Mirus, in fury. |
| 27 | 1631 | Before him stood Selius Arconious, his body bloody, filthy from war, his tunic torn and soiled, gasping for breath, regarding Mirus furiously, balefully. |
| 27 | 1632 | "I believe you have something of mine," he said. |
| 27 | 1633 | Mirus in fury reached to his belt and drew his pistol, and it was centered on the heart of Selius Arconious. |
| 27 | 1634 | Ellen, lying to one side, cried out, "No, Master, please!" A vision went through her mind of the wood on the back of the wagon leaping into the air, the sound of the shot, the smell of the expended cartridge, the exploding splinters bursting into the air, now weirdly in slow motion in her memory. |