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one would a gnat, albeit one that would have killed him had he not swiped it away. This pattern continued for about a quarter of a mark and then came a pause. Perhaps Daniel was foolish enough to believe he could catch the greatest Accomplished of all time off guard , Tarin laughed at the notion.
    The delay stretched on until finally the granite shaft shot down faster than at any other time, but not nearly fast enough. Tarin chuckled, almost casually swinging at the skewer and it shattered on impact, while at the same time the immobilization spell burst apart. He quickly rolled off the slab, landing in a pushup position, and then sprang to his feet. The spell, Flex had done its job well at keeping him physically fit. The fist of potential vanished instantly, but not by his choice. There was now a shield on Tarin’s potential and he could not project life force energy beyond his own body. He also sensed a new link to his mind, a familiar one from the recent past, except that connection had been formed by him and this one was the other way around.
    “You are as powerful as I feared you would be,” Daniel’s thoughts came faintly through the link along with a projected image of him, head and shoulders only . The young Aakasear was so weak he could not send a full image and even in this he appeared to be spent.
    Tarin knew he would be free soon and so felt he could be magnanimous here at the end of his rival’s life. “You were not ready to confront me and soon will be dead. That was a clever trick but the shield you placed on me will not last much longer. You should have accepted the invitation to join my guild.”
    The image projected into Tarin’s mind had faded out half way through his reply and although he could still feel a link, he knew Daniel’s mind was beyond projecting or receiving thoughts. The only question remaining was onto what had the tricky mountain-born Accomplished tied the Da Capo?
    During that brief communication Tarin felt thousands of minds being cut off from his and decided it was time to accept his personal victory and stop the losses his guild was taking at Serpent West. Daniel and his allies won the battle but have failed in their mission and those associates and allies would soon be fighting a war without their Chosen Vessel to lead them.
    The links already established were not affected by whatever shield Daniel managed to place on him but would prevent Tarin from establishing new ones, at least for a while. Rather than imagine a setting and drawing the person in, he chose to send thoughts so as not to distract her from whatever task she was in the middle of performing. “Serena , I want you to relay a message to Maestro Cummin. Tell him, Daniel Benhannon has succeeded in establishing a shield on me of his own making. I will soon find a way to overcome this new barrier to my potential. Shantear is lost for now and you are to cease sending teams.”
    “I hear and obey, Great One,” she replied through the link. Her mind blanked for a few moments while she no doubt sent the missive. “He confirms that the order to stand down will go out immediately,” her thoughts resumed
    Tarin knew by the sudden lack of deaths that his order was being followed. “For the moment I cannot project potential beyond my body but that does not prevent me from removing the gems keeping me from teleporting. In the course of time I will overpower Benhannon’s shield or have destroyed whatever he tied the Da Capo onto. You know where to approach me at that point. I have decided to teach you the spell, Ties That Bind, when we do meet. Cast this Melody on people and it will allow you to communicate with their minds whether they are awake or asleep and dreaming. I will leave it to your discretion when to use this new spell and when to use, Join Me.” He always rewarded loyalty.
    A wave of emotions, reverence, ambition, love, and lust foremost among them, came through the link along with, “I wait anxiously to be in