field!"
-Ray Bradbury
HEROIC ADVENTURE AT ITS BEST
A dangerous light had begun to kindle In Gerd's eyes. Abruptly the hound stood still, quivering in every muscle.
Stark braced himself.
The pack, by custom, would not interfere. This was between himself and Gerd.
"Kill, Gerd," said Gelmar quietly, his hand on the hound's shoulder. "This man will lead you all to death."
And Stark said, "You cannot kill me, Gerd. Remember Flay." The bolt of fear struck him. It shriveled his brain and turned his bones to water. But Stark held his grip. And a fierce cry came from out of his deep past: "I am N'Chaka. I do not die!"
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