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Alliene whistled sharply, and her black gelding came charging through the brush. Alliene snatched the horn as he raced by and swung herself into the saddle, in pursuit of the thri-kreen.
The others horses also trotted up. Alaerth noticed they looked spooked-eyes wide and nostrils flared, the horses pawed the ground nervously. They could probably smell the kreen's scent now, and the scent of a predator always got the horses going.
"Alae, follow Alliene on the right, Arlyth, the left. Gus, you ride with me. We can get ahead of the kreen and cut it off. I want to know what its doing in my forest." Alaerth waited for Gus to mount up and get beside him, then he urged his horse forward, following Alliene. Alae wheeled Star Shadow around to the right and took off.
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