Tristan swallowed and nodded.  He felt the slight boost, but only after a few passed did he realize it was her doing.  He drew himself up as they pressed forward, this was a hard ride even with her aid.  But the reward, to come upon the shadowspawn by surprise would be worth the effort.  By this time tomorrow, they would be in Heute celebrating victory.<br/><br/>Even her feeling that this was one of the more powerful of the fiends did not dampen his confidence.  After all, elves did not fall to the shadow.  They would find and destroy the monster.  But that lead him to a nagging question.<br/><br/>"What if there's more than one of them?" he asked quietly, "I mean, there could be, couldn't there?"<br/><br/>