Justice and Juniors (A Cat Among Dragons Book 2) by Boykin Alma

Author:Boykin, Alma [Boykin, Alma]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Military, Human Wave
ISBN: 9780991687756
Published: 2013-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

Cheeker woke up and tried to sort out where he was. He and Brska lay on a sleeping platform with a light cover over them, and it was not quite dark in the room but it was very quiet. He stretched and realized that his tail felt stiff and heavy. Then he remembered—they were at Singing Pines manor house, in what the Healer had called an infirmary. He also suddenly remembered all the water he’d drunk before going to sleep and barely made it to the necessary. As he carefully cleaned himself and walked back to where Brska still slept, Cheeker noticed the Healer watching him. She came over and sniffed him well, then asked, “How do you feel?”

“Fine, Healer,” he said. She carefully felt around the broken place in his tail, then removed the brace and had him move his tail in all directions. It felt stiff and a little tender when she touched it, but not too bad.

The Healer nodded, then sat down and offered him some more water and some dried fruit to eat. “Cheeker, what will your sister do if she wakes up and you’re not here?” the Healer asked.

He looked over at the yellowy-gray shape sleeping on the platform. “She’ll scream, then she’ll go away into her head and rock or curl up in a ball.” Were they going to take her away? Or put him to work, while she was too small?

The Healer sensed his concern and smiled, patting him with her tail. “Lord Mammal wants to ask you a few questions while he tracks down your elders and lets them know that you and your sister are all right. But if she’s going to get upset if you are gone, then Lord Mammal will just wait a little longer.”

The conversation woke Brska, who blinked sleepily and then made urgent, worried noises. Cheeker and the Healer got her to the necessary, where she took care of business as the Healer watched. After Brska finished, the Healer sniffed and examined her too, then left the pair alone for a moment. Brska made the question noise, and Cheeker explained where they were, satisfying her for the moment. The Healer came back with a strange female Azdhag in a plain green robe and with Lady Zabet.

«Come with me,» the True-dragon ordered, and Cheeker gently pushed his sister along as they followed the silvery reptile down a wood-paneled corridor, up a treaded ramp onto another level of corridor, then to a door with a beast head carved in the wood. Brska stared around at the True-dragon and the servant, who smiled at her. Zabet tapped the door knock and then opened the door. «In here, please,» she said into the juniors’ heads, making Brska shake as if she had water in her ear hole. Cheeker followed their guide into a dimly lit room with a sleeping platform, stove, benches, and cushions scattered around, and a strange tall table and little table. The funny-looking noble sat on the little table behind the big table, but he rose onto his hind legs when Cheeker and Brska entered.

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