journey afoot across the wilds

 "For now, though, I think I'd like you unconscious."
 She tried UGG Boots Clearance to pull power forth. Her gift did not respond.
 Ann watched the fist coming, but could do nothing to stop it.
 CHAPTER 46
 Zedd scratched his chin as he looked around. He didn't see anyone. It was a peculiar alleyway, narrow and dark. He peered down to the little place at the end. The gloomy residence looked deserted.
 That was a good sign.
 Zedd stroked Spider's nose. "You wait here. Understand? Wait here for me."
 The horse tossed her head and nickered agreeably. Smiling, Zedd scratched her ear. In response, she pressed her forehead against his Ugg Boots Clearance chest, holding it there to let him know she would be well pleased if he were to want to continue scratching the ear for the rest of the afternoon.
 Named after the unsettling leggy black splotch on her creamy rump, Spider had proven an excellent purchase, despite the high price. Being young, strong, and brimming with equine enthusiasm, the horse enjoyed trotting and occasional spirited runs. She had gotten him to Toscla in remarkably good time.
 Since he had arrived, he had learned that Toscla was now called Anderith. In fact, he Nike High Heels had almost been hauled off his horse by a man who accused Zedd of using the old name as an affront. Fortunately, Spider knew nothing of the peculiar human sensitivity to mere words; she was happy to leap into a gallop.
 Zedd, without use of the gift and being vulnerable, besides feeling his age, had been resigned to a long and arduous journey afoot across the wilds. But by the magic of luck, on his third day out of the Mud People's village, he ran across a man who turned out Nike Heels to be an agent in trade agreements. Since he frequently went back and forth between clients, the man traveled with several horses. He could afford to be without his extra until he reached his destination, especially at the price Zedd offered, and so had parted with Spider.
 The formidable journey Zedd anticipated ended up being remarkably short and not at all unpleasant, as long as he didn't dwell on his reasons for traveling to Anderith.
 Mingling into line at the frontier, Zedd had been allowed through the checkpoint along with wagons, merchants, Nike High Heels and traders of every sort. Dressed as he was in his fine maroon and black robes with silver brocade cuffs and gold brocade around the neck and down the front along with a gold buckle on a red satin belt, he was easily able to pass himself off as a merchant. He told the officers at the border that he had fruit orchards to the north and was on his way to Fairfield in order to negotiate trade agreements.