The damnable monster died! Died! The embers of anger she felt at the discomfort of her ride ignited. “If not for my superior skill, I would have died,” she considered as she seethed. She looked about her and could see nothing but sand dunes and more sand dunes in every direction. She could see no escape! She’d lost her staff in the fall and she could make no magic here in any case. She’d been doing magic since she was a young girl, but here it did not work. ...