‘Shastritara Iam unhappy that I have been deceived by you and Kami. However, I amsorry to know that you are the last of the Salamander tribe and Ican understand your desire to have the Reds continue but I cannotunderstand why you think I can help you do this?’
‘It is lorethat Spirit Lords have powerful magic My Lord. It is also lore thatwhen reds join with browns they have special offspring. You are abrown and I am a red.’
‘But you sawthat I am a spider. I am just pretending to be like you. I can be ared, a blue or a green just as easily.’ he replied.
‘It is knownfrom our lore that you are being a Llanllean spider. They arehaving two real bodies. One being a spider and the other beinganother creature, sometimes a big person and sometimes being one ofour peoples.’
‘It is knownlore that when a Llanllean spider is being young he has only onebody but when he is getting older he can be choosing a second body.I am thinking that your second body is like my peoples’ bodies. Iam thinking that you are a brown because that is what The Lady iswanting you to be. Last night you danced with yellow flames. Theyare the flames of a brown. None in this tribe have ever seen thatcolour amongst us before. It has caused great excitement.’
‘By the Powersyou have a single path to your mind.’ said Aquitain. ‘What am I todo with you? Even if you are correct if Miranda found out what youwant me to do she would explode.’
‘It is being avery strict rule that one favourite is not being told what happensbetween a warrior and his other favourites. You can be havingpleasures with her one night and with me the next one and neitherwould be knowing.’
‘That might betrue among the Jeti but I don’t think Miranda would accept sharingme with anyone.’
‘I am veryhonoured that you are telling the Elders that they must be makingme a shaman. I will be learning the lore very rapidly and makingyou very proud. I will be knowing things that maybe other shamanswould not be telling you. Maybe then I will be your firstfavourite.’
‘Shastritara Iasked them to allow you to become a shaman because I rememberedthat is what you told me you wished to do when you brought a flowerfor Miranda when she was ill. I never thanked you properly then butI am doing it now.’
‘I think youwill make a very skillful shaman. I did this thing to help you tohelp your tribe. I am hoping that you will share some of lore youlearn with me so that I may help others.’
‘I wish to knowabout your people’s history, about the Great Storm and about theFounts of Wisdom so that I may help others. If you can find outthese things then I will be greatly pleased. I will also try tofind a way to help you make eggs. Until then please talk no more ofpleasures.’
‘I will betalking no more but I will be making more of the dreaming potionsfor when you are needing me to be giving you pleasures when we makeeggs.’ she said and left him alone.
‘By the Powers,I’ll have to be careful with this cunning bunch of elementallizards. It seems they have a hidden agenda and no morals orethics. I come from Panmagica. I can play that game too.’ hethought. ‘Where on Mudrun is Miranda?’
An hour laterKami returned with a smile on his face.
‘I am being thebearer of happy news Spirit Lord. The Chief and the Elders havebeen agreeing to your condition that Shastritara is being allowedto be assisting me as a shaman.’
‘I will beteaching her much lore myself. This will be allowing Rori to bespending more time with the Barra peoples. If you are wishing to beknowing this lore you will be needing much strength when the moonis facing us in four weeks from now. You will never be forgettingthat week and wishing all the year for another one like it.’
Aquitain had amomentary feeling of satisfaction. They had taken his bait. He hadno intention of giving his seed for information. They would findthe information he needed and he would show Shastritara how a mindwizard created dreams without a potion. However, it would help tofind out what they were up to.
Why was it soimportant for him to father an offspring to their last red and whowould know the answer? It only took him seconds to work that oneout, Miranda’s mother, Queen Snowbelle would know. Perhaps the moreimportant question was what was she going to want in return for theinformation?
By the Powershe would have a few choice words to say to his father when he methim. Who could have thought that coming to a remote jungle worldcould suddenly get so complicated? Magic was easy compared to theseproblems.
He wished thatAlpha his memcrystal was here then remembered that he still had tofind it and Zephira his cousin. They had been taken prisoner by theYith before they had fled from the temple yesterday.
If Mirandadidn’t turn up by tonight he resolved that he would have to gosearching for her. It was dangerous here with Shastritara lurkingaround trying to give him a pleasurable time.
His mindwandered back to last night. It was so damn addictive that it wouldbe declared illegal back in Panmagica. It was different to when heand Mandy had mental sex when he was a bear but just as delightful.It was undoubtedly the potion that had enhanced the wholeexperience. His merchant side pondered on how he might get therecipe but his logical side realised that it created a seriousproblem.
It gave him ataste of something addictive that would linger and possibly festerin the back of his mind. He was a mind wizard on a dangerous quest.He could not afford to be side tracked or compromised by sexualthoughts or feelings for two females. He had to maintain perfectmental control and his memories of last night would endanger thatcontrol.
In his dreamslast night it was he and Miranda that had made incredible love nothe and Shastritara. If the
