Assassin Born (The Dragon Sands Book 1) by C.K. Rieke

Author:C.K. Rieke [Rieke, C.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crimson Cro Publishing
Published: 2018-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Half of Dellanor’s body was covered in bandages, blood seeping through many of them. He was up on his feet with the aid of Garenond and Foro, but he’d lost a good amount of blood. Most of the wounds were superficial, but he was in pain and weak. The Iox was left half-buried in the sands. They’d collected what supplies they could carry, and the storm had passed. Dusk was approaching, and even Lilaci was sore, aching, and tired.

They walked between two great dunes on either side and the sun had begun its descent behind the dune to the left, creating a sky full of reds and oranges. They were on a patchy rock that was slightly elevated out of the sands.

“This’ll do for the evening,” Lilaci said.

Dellanor fell to his rear with a sigh of relief. Garenond handed him over the watersack which he drank from in large gulps. Foro went to removing the bandage wrapped around his shoulder, and Dellanor grimaced as the bandages had stuck to it from the dried blood. “Easy boss,” he said.

“What was that thing back there?” Fewn asked, as she pulled the pack of supplies from her back and let them fall to the rock with a thud. “A sorcerer this far out into the sands? And why’d he attack us?”

Garenond had gone to the center of the rock and had begun to set out gathered twigs along their walk to start a fire. “I’m not sure. I’ve never heard of anything like him before. Not sure why he even wanted to attack us, but we were almost his prey. That’s until Lilaci . . .” He looked up and gave her a nod of approval, she nodded back as she pulled her shawl down from over her head and dropped her supplies.

Dellanor gasped again from Foro removing his bandages. “He was one of the Reevins.”

“The Reevins?” Fewn asked. “What the hell is that?”

“Cannibals they are,” Dellanor said. “They don’t come this far north though. Not sure what he was doing up here.”

“Cannibals?” Lilaci asked, in surprise.

“Aye,” Garenond said. “I’ve heard of them buggers. Never seen one until this day though. Nearly had us for supper, son of a bitch.”

“The Reevins are sorcerers?” Fewn asked.

“Not sure,” Dellanor said. “The Reevins are a tribe in the south. They usually stick close to the sea, or the gulf. Not many left, at least, I haven’t heard of any in a long time. They supposedly believe they consume the soul and powers of their prey—” Once he said that he looked slowly up at Lilaci.

“You’re saying they came after us because of me?” she said. He didn’t respond.

“Well, either way,” Foro said. “She’s the one who slew the old man.”

“You ever done anything like that before?” Fewn asked.

“No,” Lilaci replied. “That was the first time.”

“Well,” Garenond said. “Couldn’t have been a better first time!” he laughed. “I think it’d be a good night for some swill. What’da ya say Dellanor?” Dellanor nodded hastily, his face in visible pain.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.