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"What danger?"

Nakor shrugged. "I don't know."

Arutha said, "What if I keep him here?"

"You cannot." Nakor shook his head. "No, that's wrong. You must not."

"Why?"

Nakor sighed and his smile faded. "A long time ago I met your friend James. He
said things about you and your life and what he had done to gain your favor.
He tells of a man who's seen things."

Arutha's sigh echoed Nakor's. "I've seen dead men rise and kill, and I've seen
alien magic; I have known men born on other worlds. I've spoken to dragons and
seen impossible visions become flesh."

Nakor said, "Then trust me. You've made a choice. Abide by it. But let me and
Ghuda go with your son."

"Why Ghuda?"

"To keep me alive," said Nakor, and the grin returned.

"Borric said you were a wizard."

Nakor shrugged. "It serves my purpose at times to let others think such. Your
friend Pug knew there was no magic."

"You know Pug?"

"No. But he was famous before I met Borric. He has done many wondrous things.
And for a time I lived at Stardock."

Arutha's eyes narrowed. "I've not seen him for a dozen years, and word came to
us that he had removed to Sorcerer's Isle, wishing no contact with his old
friends. I've honored that request."

Nakor leaped from the wall. "Time to ignore it. We will need to see him. Tell
your captain we will have to stop there on our way west."

"You know where I'm sending Nicholas?"

Nakor shook his head no. "I only know that when I saw Ghuda again, after so