Dragon Wars by Carina Wilder

Author:Carina Wilder [Wilder, Carina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-30T05:00:00+00:00

One morning the young shifter named Hara came to Graeme’s chamber to notify him that he had a visitor.

“A woman?” he asked, internally annoyed at the eagerness in his voice. After all, would Lilliana really show up at the front gate like a regular visitor? Surely not. She was far more stealthy than that.

“No, not a woman. A man…and…an owl,” replied Hara, hesitant and confused. “I don’t entirely know what to make of them. The man was a little frightening.

Holding his initial disappointment at bay, Graeme smiled at the thought of Merriman venturing into this century to help, if indeed that was his intent.

“Show him in, please,” he said.

“And the owl, my Lord?”

“Yes, yes. The owl as well. And his name is Barnabas. Treat them with respect.”

“I could hardly treat them in any other way, my Lord,” said Hara, his voice more tremulous than any dragon’s should be.

A few moments later, as Graeme stared at maps, examining them for large, open spaces where sight lines might be clear from the air, the man that he now saw as a mentor entered the room.

“Merry,” he said, dashing over to shake the gryphon shifter’s outstretched hand.

“Lord Graeme.” Merriman bowed his head, the owl on his shoulder flying up towards a high rafter to take in the view of the room.

“I think my men are worried that your owl friend will read our strategic maps, a bird spy,” laughed Graeme.

“Well, there’s nothing to stop him,” said Merriman, his tone serious. “You should be more careful.” He walked over to the table where sheets of parchment lay outstretched, depicting the area surrounding the Ramseys’ castle.

“What is your plan?” Merriman asked quietly while he studied them as Graeme had done.

“My plan is very much wrapped up in the hope that Conor’s plan is the same,” he said, “though I don’t know what he intends. I haven’t seen Lilliana in some time, and am slightly concerned that our mate has turned to the dark side, as it were.”

“There is no telling what may happen. Conor may have the best of intentions; he may plan to save the world. But power is a strong aphrodisiac, as you know. A word, a promise, could turn him. He is one of us now, a shifter through and through. I have seen greater men than him fall to corruption.”

“I simply can’t imagine it,” began Graeme. “He’s so…human.”

“Of course he is, to you. You’ve never yet seen his Beorn form. You don’t know how he is admired and even worshiped. An entire species has put their hopes in him. And he can only prove so strong.”

“Well, I have faith in him.”

Merriman’s eyes locked on Graeme’s, the familiar kindliness warming them. “You are a good man, for a dragon,” he said. “If there’s hope for you, perhaps there’s hope for all of us.”

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