River Of Life (Book 3) (43 page)

The man hissed and asked angrily, “What is it that you want?”

He hated to be surprised.  Now he was impatient and more than a
little afraid of this apparition.  This angered him even more, for he had
feared nothing, or so he convinced himself.  Yet his fear toward this wraith
was extremely obvious.

The wraith replied simply and silently, but with power, “I have
a mission for you.  To the far south a creature lives, part man, part bull.  It
protects an artifact that you will need.”