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friend.”
“What will you do with them?” Bayzog asked.
“That is no concern of yours,” Otter Bone said, raising his voice, “but I will have what I will have, and you will get it for me.”
“Or what? You’ll kill our friend Ben?” Nath said. “You don’t seem the type. Nor your oafish nephew.”
“I might not have the blood on my hands that you do,” Otter Bone said, “but my—”
“I tire of this,” Nath said. He grabbed Horse Neck by the wrist and twisted it behind his back. He shoved the towering man to the dirt and put a knee in his back. “Let me tell you what is going to happen. You will stay with us, and this troll will bring back our friend.”
Brenwar sat on the big man’s back and pinned War Hammer under his neck. “Don’t make a sound or move,” he said in Horse Neck’s ear.
Nath towered over Otter Bone and folded his arms over his chest.
Otter Bone cleared his throat.
“Well, I saw this coming. I’m a sage, after all. And I have given you my terms. I will not relinquish them.” He took a quick breath and started to whistle.
Nath closed his fingers over the man’s mouth.
More men were out there. He could hear their breathing in the woods. How did I miss that? He could now sense that Otter Bone had a strange power. He dulled my senses! But now that had changed. He heard swords slide from sheathes and bowstrings being drawn back. Otter Bone was well prepared. Nath uncovered his mouth.
“You are fast, Nath Dragon. But are your friends?” Otter Bone said.
“Hurt them and who will fetch your crystals?”
“I only need you to get the crystals. The others will just slow you down. Now let’s talk about this, shall we?” Otter Bone lifted his brows. “No one has to get hurt.”
Nath could sense sincerity, but desperation too. He wondered if there were more out there that he hadn’t noticed. It doesn’t matter. I am a dragon, and they are just men.
“No,” Nath said.
“Disappointing, then. Very disappointing.”
Bow strings stretched and fingers released.
Twang! Twang! Twang!
CHAPTER 19
Gorlee stood among the gaping crowd. Soldiers of Barnabus were falling from the sky. He pushed his way closer and eyed the broken bodies on the street. A man shoved him out of the way.
“Excuse you,” Gorlee said in an old man’s fragile voice.
A rugged character looked down into his eyes.
“Go back to your quarters and knit some trousers, why don’t you?”
Gorlee pulled a shawl over his narrow shoulders and moved on, taking a moment to lean on a lamppost. His body quavered a little. Typical of older men he’d seen before. They’ll be looking for someone bigger. Someone stronger.
“Out of the way!” a soldier said, leading squads of them out of the great tower. He dispatched them throughout the entire city in groups of four. Their eyes were wild and fearful. He could hear them whispering among themselves. Two of them were to die for every hour he was not found. It chilled him. They started shaking everyone down and questioning them about the triant and where it went. Fingers pointed in all directions.
All of this over me. How twisted Selene is.
He fought the urge to look up. He swore he could feel Selene’s eyes on him from above.
A terrible sound filled the air, causing him to shudder. Screams came forth from the crowd, and people scrambled through the streets. Dragons dropped from the rooftops and onto the road. They roared at everything that moved. People fell to their hands and knees, cowering in front of the terrifying beasts.
Dragons and soldiers are looking for me now! Guzan!
Gorlee shuffled in with a mob and went with the flow. He had no idea where to go.
Need a safe place to hide. Away from the commotion.
The farther the crowd went, the more it thinned. He sighed and took a seat on the porch of a storefront. All the doors were closed and the streets were becoming empty. Gorlee wrung his withered hands together and dipped his head. He was
“What will you do with them?” Bayzog asked.
“That is no concern of yours,” Otter Bone said, raising his voice, “but I will have what I will have, and you will get it for me.”
“Or what? You’ll kill our friend Ben?” Nath said. “You don’t seem the type. Nor your oafish nephew.”
“I might not have the blood on my hands that you do,” Otter Bone said, “but my—”
“I tire of this,” Nath said. He grabbed Horse Neck by the wrist and twisted it behind his back. He shoved the towering man to the dirt and put a knee in his back. “Let me tell you what is going to happen. You will stay with us, and this troll will bring back our friend.”
Brenwar sat on the big man’s back and pinned War Hammer under his neck. “Don’t make a sound or move,” he said in Horse Neck’s ear.
Nath towered over Otter Bone and folded his arms over his chest.
Otter Bone cleared his throat.
“Well, I saw this coming. I’m a sage, after all. And I have given you my terms. I will not relinquish them.” He took a quick breath and started to whistle.
Nath closed his fingers over the man’s mouth.
More men were out there. He could hear their breathing in the woods. How did I miss that? He could now sense that Otter Bone had a strange power. He dulled my senses! But now that had changed. He heard swords slide from sheathes and bowstrings being drawn back. Otter Bone was well prepared. Nath uncovered his mouth.
“You are fast, Nath Dragon. But are your friends?” Otter Bone said.
“Hurt them and who will fetch your crystals?”
“I only need you to get the crystals. The others will just slow you down. Now let’s talk about this, shall we?” Otter Bone lifted his brows. “No one has to get hurt.”
Nath could sense sincerity, but desperation too. He wondered if there were more out there that he hadn’t noticed. It doesn’t matter. I am a dragon, and they are just men.
“No,” Nath said.
“Disappointing, then. Very disappointing.”
Bow strings stretched and fingers released.
Twang! Twang! Twang!
CHAPTER 19
Gorlee stood among the gaping crowd. Soldiers of Barnabus were falling from the sky. He pushed his way closer and eyed the broken bodies on the street. A man shoved him out of the way.
“Excuse you,” Gorlee said in an old man’s fragile voice.
A rugged character looked down into his eyes.
“Go back to your quarters and knit some trousers, why don’t you?”
Gorlee pulled a shawl over his narrow shoulders and moved on, taking a moment to lean on a lamppost. His body quavered a little. Typical of older men he’d seen before. They’ll be looking for someone bigger. Someone stronger.
“Out of the way!” a soldier said, leading squads of them out of the great tower. He dispatched them throughout the entire city in groups of four. Their eyes were wild and fearful. He could hear them whispering among themselves. Two of them were to die for every hour he was not found. It chilled him. They started shaking everyone down and questioning them about the triant and where it went. Fingers pointed in all directions.
All of this over me. How twisted Selene is.
He fought the urge to look up. He swore he could feel Selene’s eyes on him from above.
A terrible sound filled the air, causing him to shudder. Screams came forth from the crowd, and people scrambled through the streets. Dragons dropped from the rooftops and onto the road. They roared at everything that moved. People fell to their hands and knees, cowering in front of the terrifying beasts.
Dragons and soldiers are looking for me now! Guzan!
Gorlee shuffled in with a mob and went with the flow. He had no idea where to go.
Need a safe place to hide. Away from the commotion.
The farther the crowd went, the more it thinned. He sighed and took a seat on the porch of a storefront. All the doors were closed and the streets were becoming empty. Gorlee wrung his withered hands together and dipped his head. He was
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