Jonathan cooked breakfast and they quickly ate, eager to be riding now that the search for Mysteria seemed to be drawing to a close. The conversation centered around this topic even after everyone ate, cleaned up and mounted their horses.

“I think you should share the plan with the others,” Lance told her, gesturing to their animal companions.

Kaira nodded and rode Birjanji over to talk with Dijano. “It is a good plan,” the unicorn told her. “Cognates are not known to be able to concentrate on more than one or two minds at a time.”

A thought occurred to Kaira just then. “Dijano, can a cognate control the mind 

of an animal?”

“No. They do not have that kind of power—only on human minds can th...

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