If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair by R.A. Salvatore

Author:R.A. Salvatore [Salvatore, R.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7869-6430-7
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Publishing
Published: 2012-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

“These heroes hid within the city?” Zhengyi asked, getting back to the problem at hand.

“Nay, they came forth quite willingly. When I escaped the chains and the spears and flew off to the north, they burst out of Palishchuk’s gate in pursuit.”

“And you killed them?”

Byphast’s twisted expression gave him the answer before the dragon began to speak. “They are accompanied by mighty wizards and priests. Their knights glow with wards to defeat my deadly breath, and their armor sings with magic to deter the rake of my claws.”

“A small band?”

“Fifty strong, and well designed to do battle with dragons.”

“Byphast would not normally flee from such a group.” Zhengyi did nothing to keep the contempt out of his voice, nor from his expression, as he narrowed his eyes and sneered.

“If forced to do battle with them—if ever they happened upon my lair—then I would surely destroy them,” the dragon replied without hesitation. “But scars would accompany that win, I am sure, and in that place, at this time, they were not worth the trouble.”

“You serve Zhengyi.” Even as the Witch-King took the conversation in that direction, Byphast’s statement, “if ever they happened upon my lair,” resonated in his thoughts.

“I agreed to fight beside Zhengyi’s forces,” the dragon replied. “I did not agree to wage such battles alone in the bogs of Vaasa.”

Zhengyi produced a phylactery, the one to which Byphast had attuned herself. If the dragon was slain, her energy and life-force would transfer to the phylactery, and she would become undead, a dracolich.

“You forget?” the lich said.

“It is a final safeguard, but not one I am anxious to use. If in the course of events I am slain, then so be it. That is the risk my kind need take whenever we come forth into the world of lesser creatures. But I’ll not chase after the undeath you offer.”

“Ah, Byphast, it is a piteous thing to see a creature of your reputation reduced to such fear.”

Lizardlike eyes narrowed, and a low growl escaped the dragon’s elf lips.

“Very well, then,” said Zhengyi. “I will deal with the intruders myself. I’ll not have them nipping at my heels all the way through Damara. Go and rejoin the commanders at the front. Lay waste to the foolish Damarans who stand in our way.”

Byphast didn’t move, nor did her expression change from the hateful look she shot Zhengyi’s way.

If that threat bothered the Witch-King at all, though, he didn’t show it. He turned his back on the wyrm in elf’s clothing and stalked back to his vast encampment.

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