Really gave all of you a shock with Kylia's little secret, Huh? Sometimes I amaze myself. Here's the next chapter…
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Chapter 37--Lost Kin
Drizzt stared at Kylia as if she'd grown another head. "You're insane!" he said.
Kylia mock-pouted. "That's not the reaction I was hoping for," she complained.
"There's no way that we're related," Drizzt said.
"You know better. No male can refuse to come to a female's bed. If one did refuse he'd be whipped or worse. Look at me, really look at me and try to say that we're not related," Kylia challenged.
Drizzt did and now that he was really looking he could see some similarly in her features and Zak's then he looked at her eyes. They were a dark green. "Zak had green eyes," he muttered.
"So do you believe me now?" Kylia said.
"I don't want too, but I have too now," Drizzt admitted.
"Good, I like the idea of having a little brother," Kylia said.
"Little?" Drizzt demanded.
"Are you four hundred?" Kylia asked.
"No, I'm not," Drizzt muttered.
"Well, I am, so you are my baby brother," Kylia said. She looked very pleased with herself. She began to gather up the dishes. "We should get back before they come looking for us."
Still a little shaken by the discovery, Drizzt helped her then they went back to the camp.
Early the next morning Kylia woke and stood. She stretched luxuriously then glanced at her companions. She immediately noticed Drizzt's empty bedroll. She looked around, but he was nowhere in sight. "Now where did he go?" she grumbled. Stirring behind her told her that the Elves were awake.
"Where's Drizzt?" Shandra asked.
"Don't know; he was gone when I woke up. I'll go find him," Kylia said and walked off. She came to the river and looked up and down the bank. "Drizzt! Where are you?" she called.
Drizzt emerged from the trees on the other side of the river and waved. "Be right there!" he called. He walked down river a ways then crossed at the shallow ford he'd found.
"What were you doing?" Kylia asked curiously.
Drizzt shrugged. "Just looking around," he said.
"Well, come on. We need to eat then we can keep going," Kylia said. They walked back to camp.
"Good, you found him. Why'd you disappear like that, Drizzt?" she asked.
"I didn't disappear," Drizzt said, sitting down.
"How's your hand?" Shandra asked.
"Fine, the missing finger is nearly regrown. It'll be completely healed by the time we get back to Kern," Drizzt said.
Shandra passed out plates of food then took one over to their prisoner. She removed the gag and began feeding her. After everyone was finished and dishes were cleaned and repacked they broke down camp.
"You know I know a spell that would prevent her from using any kind of magic. It would make things easier," Kylia suggested. "I could cast it on her."
"Do you think it will work?" Tarion asked.
"Oh, yes, it's very effective," Kylia said.
"It sounds like a good idea, go ahead and do it," Shandra said.
Kylia nodded and turned to face Glenna. She began to chant and gesture. A red glow surrounded Glenna for a while then it faded away. "It's done. Her magic is blocked," she said.
Shandra freed Glenna's ankles and removed the gag, but left her hands bound. "Don't give us any trouble. I wish we had one more horse," Shandra said.
They didn't so one of them found room for Glenna on their mount then the continued on their way. Kern was scant days away now….
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I didn't know what color Zak's eyes were, so I winged it. R/R please!