Ga'brin was of two minds as he left the dining hall. He wanted to go 
striate to his mate with the news Lyonnia had just told him, but he 
also knew Ophelia should be told. As he had told the young rider, the 
Warrenlady might know something about the attack on his mate  by now. 
Know why this Shadow person was so interested in Tera.

Well he could be as interested in her as he wanted, Ga'brin thought,
but he will never get the chance to get close to her, if he could 
help it.

Lyonnia had said she believe the man, when he had told her he knew 
nothing about the attack, Ga'brin reminded himself as he changed 
directions and headed towards the Warrenlady's office.

]]Preston will you ask Beryth if Ophelia is in her office?[[ he 
asked his dragon, then waited for his answer as his steps drew 
him closer.

[Beryth said yes and her rider can spare you a few minutes if it's 
important.] the royal blue dragon answered back.

"Oh it's important all right," Ga'brin muttered to himself when he 
stood knocking on her office door. At her bid of *enter* he walked in.

"Warrenlady something has just come to my attention that I think you 
should know," he told her, taking the seat she offered. "It has to do 
with my mate, Tera and this Shadow jerk"

Had Ga'brin been looking straite at her instead of the things on her 
desk, he might have wondered about the shocked expression that came 
over her face. But by the time his eyes did meet hers, she'd  regain 
control over her feelings.

"Yes what is it that you heard?" she asked trying to sound casual, 
but concerned at the same time.

Ga'brin who's emotions were in such an uproar between extreme anger 
towards the raider, and the need to protect his love, didn't even 
noticed.

"I just had a talk with Lyonnia, the young rider who was snatched 
by the Shadow's dragon earlier," he told her then paused.
Ophelia nodded for him to go on.

"She came looking for me after talking to you when she arrived back 
at the warren, with some interesting news..." he didn't try to hide 
the bitterness in his words. "She told me the Shadow asked her about 
Tera. By name."

Ophelia's face paled, but she said nothing.

"Seems he wanted to know all about my mate," his voice was thick 
with carefully suppressed emotion, but the knuckles of each hand 
were white from the death grip he had on the side rails of the chair.

"Lyonnia told you *that*?" the Warrenlady asked, her voice sounded 
sweet, but Ga'brin knew from past experiences, the young rider was 
in for it. She should have told Ophelia from the start.

"She found me in the dining hall and asked if I knew of Tera having 
any enemies or such, " he replied, remembering the line of events in 
his head. "When I told her no, That she had come here looking for her 
brother Traplin. But that she learned he had died sometime ago. No 
enemies. That's when she told me the Shadow had asked about her and 
when Lyonnia accused him with ordering Tera's attack, she said he 
became angry and denied it."

He gave a humorless laugh, "She told me she believed him!! Him a 
criminal telling her he had nothing to do with it, and she believes 
him!" A worried expression mared his handsome face, as he got up and 
began to pace around the room. Then he turned back towards her, coming 
to stand before her desk.

"Lyonnia told me this because she cares about Tera and knows I'll do 
*anything* to keep her safe.What I want to know is, what are you going 
to do to help catch this guy?" he spoke with a slow calm tone of voice. 
"My mate won't be totally safe until you do. 

******Submitted by:*************

Barbara
Voices of:
Tera & Sundellath (Telnor)
Ga'brin & Preston (Telnor
Dan'yar & Shinner (soon of Cleft)
The Shadow (parts unknown)

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Lyn: I thought I'd give you some reason to call Lyonnia back into your 
office like it said you do in her post. Give her h---- for not telling 
Ophelia when they first talked......