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before Azerick called them to a stop.
“We will camp here,” Azerick said as he slumped against a boulder.
“Do you think they will follow us?”
“I do not know. I took us in more westerly direction this time and left a much smaller magical signature behind. Sandy is contaminating our trail as much as possible with her magic, which should make it much more difficult for them to follow us if they do decide to give chase. I need you to place some wards around our camp, at least two hundred yards out. Can you manage it?” he asked, his voice heavy with fatigue.
Ellyssa nodded. “I can set some detection wards. I’m too tired to set much in the way of anything offensive.”
“That will be fine. Raijaun can find us some food, can’t you, Raijaun?”
Raijaun showed his double row of needle-like teeth and bobbed his head excitedly. He darted off into the night in search of anything edible and too slow to avoid him. Ellyssa walked out into the night and set several wards she hoped were sufficient enough to alert them to any intruders , yet subtle enough to avoid detection if any wizards chose to give chase.
It was a large perimeter , and it was nearly an hour before she completed her task and returned to the camp. Azerick was still fetched up against his rock and did not respond to her approach. She did not know if he slept or was just too tired to acknowledge her. Raijaun returned a half hour later, looking depressed over his meager catch of a single hare.
“It’s all right, Raijaun, we’ll fin d something more in the morning,” Ellyssa said encouragingly.
“You eat,” Raijaun said.
She smiled warmly. “No, we can share. You are growing and need it more than me.”
It was something of a lie. Her use of magic left her famished , and she knew she could easily devour the scrawny rabbit by herself. Ellyssa gathered up a pile of dry shrubs and small sticks for a fire. She was just about to light it when something heavy dropped from the sky and thudded heavily onto the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Ellyssa jumped and let out a startled gasp. The sound of Sandy’s wing beats preceded her as she set down near the body of the small desert antelope she had just dropped.
”I thought you might be hungry after your battle,” Sandy said as she touched down.
“You scared me to death!”
“I also thought it might be funny to almost hit you with a dead deer.”
Ellyssa glared at the dragon. “Your humor has gotten really perverse lately. I think maybe you spend too much time with Wolf.”
“I won’t argue your point. He certainly has a way of instilling bad habits.”
Ellyssa looked at the antelope and to her tiny fire pit. “I don’t think I can cook that even if I knew how to skin it.”
Raijaun Jumped up, pointed a finger at the corpse, and shouted, “Fire!”
Flame leapt from his outstretched hand, singed away all the hair, and charred the skin black. He danced around the smoking body, crowing his accomplishment.
“I hope you like your antelope well done,” Sandy remarked.
Azerick stirred from his rest and said, “Sandy, what a re our Inquisitor friends up to?”
“They had just gotten themselves unstuck and were chasing after the horses I found and spooked back toward Argoth. It will probably take them the rest of the night just to catch them.”
“Excellent. Can you fly overhead and keep an eye on them while we rest? I want to make sure they keep heading southeast after they find their mounts. If you stay high enough, they will not be able to gauge your true size and call my bluff. Assuming, of course, they have not already deduced our little ruse.”
“I will.”
“Sandy, do you want to eat before you fly off?” Ellyssa asked.
“No, you can have it all. I can catch something while I’m watching those stupid wizards. I can also try out some of my new weather spells and make their ride home properly miserable,” Sandy replied , grinning.
“Just be careful. They may be idiots ,
“We will camp here,” Azerick said as he slumped against a boulder.
“Do you think they will follow us?”
“I do not know. I took us in more westerly direction this time and left a much smaller magical signature behind. Sandy is contaminating our trail as much as possible with her magic, which should make it much more difficult for them to follow us if they do decide to give chase. I need you to place some wards around our camp, at least two hundred yards out. Can you manage it?” he asked, his voice heavy with fatigue.
Ellyssa nodded. “I can set some detection wards. I’m too tired to set much in the way of anything offensive.”
“That will be fine. Raijaun can find us some food, can’t you, Raijaun?”
Raijaun showed his double row of needle-like teeth and bobbed his head excitedly. He darted off into the night in search of anything edible and too slow to avoid him. Ellyssa walked out into the night and set several wards she hoped were sufficient enough to alert them to any intruders , yet subtle enough to avoid detection if any wizards chose to give chase.
It was a large perimeter , and it was nearly an hour before she completed her task and returned to the camp. Azerick was still fetched up against his rock and did not respond to her approach. She did not know if he slept or was just too tired to acknowledge her. Raijaun returned a half hour later, looking depressed over his meager catch of a single hare.
“It’s all right, Raijaun, we’ll fin d something more in the morning,” Ellyssa said encouragingly.
“You eat,” Raijaun said.
She smiled warmly. “No, we can share. You are growing and need it more than me.”
It was something of a lie. Her use of magic left her famished , and she knew she could easily devour the scrawny rabbit by herself. Ellyssa gathered up a pile of dry shrubs and small sticks for a fire. She was just about to light it when something heavy dropped from the sky and thudded heavily onto the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Ellyssa jumped and let out a startled gasp. The sound of Sandy’s wing beats preceded her as she set down near the body of the small desert antelope she had just dropped.
”I thought you might be hungry after your battle,” Sandy said as she touched down.
“You scared me to death!”
“I also thought it might be funny to almost hit you with a dead deer.”
Ellyssa glared at the dragon. “Your humor has gotten really perverse lately. I think maybe you spend too much time with Wolf.”
“I won’t argue your point. He certainly has a way of instilling bad habits.”
Ellyssa looked at the antelope and to her tiny fire pit. “I don’t think I can cook that even if I knew how to skin it.”
Raijaun Jumped up, pointed a finger at the corpse, and shouted, “Fire!”
Flame leapt from his outstretched hand, singed away all the hair, and charred the skin black. He danced around the smoking body, crowing his accomplishment.
“I hope you like your antelope well done,” Sandy remarked.
Azerick stirred from his rest and said, “Sandy, what a re our Inquisitor friends up to?”
“They had just gotten themselves unstuck and were chasing after the horses I found and spooked back toward Argoth. It will probably take them the rest of the night just to catch them.”
“Excellent. Can you fly overhead and keep an eye on them while we rest? I want to make sure they keep heading southeast after they find their mounts. If you stay high enough, they will not be able to gauge your true size and call my bluff. Assuming, of course, they have not already deduced our little ruse.”
“I will.”
“Sandy, do you want to eat before you fly off?” Ellyssa asked.
“No, you can have it all. I can catch something while I’m watching those stupid wizards. I can also try out some of my new weather spells and make their ride home properly miserable,” Sandy replied , grinning.
“Just be careful. They may be idiots ,
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