Cara, Richard, Berdine and Rosa walked into the underground room. Rosa walked straight to The Book and opened it to start to read a few words so that they could see the letters glow.

"Rosa, I don't want you to read out of that untill we know why it's down here." Cara scolded her.

Rosa sighed and said fine.

"This is a very old dialect, even older then Kolo's jounal, I think." Berdine told Richard as they examined the walls.

"Hmmm, I think your right but this word here is the same, drauka, death."Richard said pointing to the slightly green word.

"I think this over here says something about all must die at some point and not even the keeper can keep that from being, and here," She said pointing a little more to the right," says something about this is why the... Stone of Many Faces... I think... was made. But I would need Kolo's jounal and the Temple of the Winds Inquisition and Trial to be sure."

"Hmm, I believe that you're right. But what does this room have to do with the Stone of Many Faces?"Richard asked mostly talking to himself.

"I don't know Lord Rahl but can't you just have someone come down here and copy this into a journy book and you and Berdine can translate it on the way to wherever it is that we're going?" Cara asked hoping he would do that so that they could get going and get rid of that monster Darken Rahl.

"I think we could do that Cara. "

"Good then let's go so we can get back."


"Lord Rahl, the Mother Confessor, Berdine, and I will be gone for quite a while. Normal military command will stay the same, with Comander General Meirfert in charge. The command chain for the Mord-Sith will stay the same except Berdine and I won't be here so Rikka will take my place if anything happens." She gave a stern look to her Sisters of the Agiel," And you will listen to her as if she were me. Nyda will then take Berdine's place in the same circumstances. The same goes for her also, you will listen to her. The Comander General will, as it has always been, be above all of you except Rikka. They will be all of you understand this?" Cara asked her Sisters.

"Yes Mistress Cara." They responded in unison.

"Mistress Cara? Will the rest of us be keeping our normal positions?" asked one of the younger Mord-Sith who had just recently been promoted from normal Mord-Sith to Mistress.

"Yes, Anna but as I said I expect Rikka and Nyda to be obeyed as Berdine and I would be."

"Yes Mistress Cara, I understand."

"Oh and if an emergency does occur, Lord Rahl will have a journey book, so he will be able to be contacted that way."

Cara dismissed her Sisters of the Agiel and went to find Richard, Kahlan, Berdine, and Nicci, whom Richard had been supposed to ask to accompany found all of them in the coutyard waiting for her. Benjamin was also there. When Cara saw him all she wanted to do was run to him and never leave him but that would mean not being able to protect her Lord Rahl so she held herself back.

"You can catch up with us in a few minutes Cara." Richard told her seeing that she wanted to be alone with her husband.

When Richard and the rest of the group was out of sight, Cara ran to Benjamin and kissed him very passionatly because Cara knew that she might not ever see him again. Traveling with Richard always did have it's dangers and she had been lucky many times just barely escaping death.

"Cara?" Benjamin wispered in Cara's ear, "You'll be careful, won't you?"

"As long as being careful doesn't put Lord Rahl in danger." she answered.

They kissed one last time though not as passionatly because Cara was afraid if she did she might not be able to leave for fear that she might never come back. When at last Cara left, she found that the rest of the group was already nearly half an hour ahead.They're probably wondering where I am. Cara thought. Mabye I should'nt have taken so long but then again I wish I didn't have to leave. You can only be so lucky, one day my luck is going to run out and no one's going to be able to save me, but if my death means that Lord Rahl lives then so be it. His life is more important then mine. Just as she was coming up on Richard and the rest of the group, a gar landed in front of her cutting her off from them. In a mere moment her agiel was in her hand. Just as she was about to strike the gar turned around towards Richard and she heard it say "Grrratch luuug Raaaach aaarg." Cara lowered her ageil but didn't drop it out of her fist, she was still worried about her Lord Rahl, she didn't trust the gar.

"Richard loves Gratch too" Richard responded, hugging the great beast.

"I'm guessing he's coming with us too now?" Cara asked.

"If he wants to." He replied.

Cara just shook her head and walked her horse on with the rest of them following. Richard had gotten off his horse because it had kept shying away from the gar. Richard hadn't seen Gratch since more then 13 years ago before Denna was born.


Im sorry it took me so long to update but I have been having a lot of homework lately. This isn't even where I was going to stop but I remember how frustrated I get when I start to read something but I'm not able to finish it because whoever is writing it hasn't updated so heres this...I still have only 3 reviews so please please please please please review.