Legends of the Lurker Box Set by Richard H Stephens

Author:Richard H Stephens [Stephens, Richard H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Richard H. Stephens
Published: 2019-12-22T07:00:00+00:00

Flight

Tamra Stoneheart’s exquisite eyes never left the dragons as she made her way around the dying fire and stopped in front of a stunned Reecah.

Reecah held her bow at her side, not the least bit concerned about the wicked-looking battle-axes clutched in Tamra’s fists. “What do you mean? In me lies the magic of the dragon.”

Tamra leaned an axe against her leg and extended her hand. Reecah bent back, but Tamra’s fingers grabbed hold of her earlobe and rubbed the bloodstone earring; a look of wonder on her face. “It is true.”

Reecah jerked her head away. “What’s true? Who are you?”

“Who I am is not important. I’ve waited a long time for this day.”

Junior walked up beside Tamra; his movement not lost on the strange woman.

Tamra’s claim to have been waiting for her, reminded Reecah of her great-aunt—the village witch. “You have mistaken me for someone else.”

Tamra picked up her axe. Ignoring Reecah, she spoke to Junior, “Your presence confuses me.”

Junior’s brows furrowed. “Me?”

“You don’t possess the gift. How is it you fly these dragons? You don’t belong here.” Tamra hefted her axes in an aggressive manner.

Reecah wasn’t keen on his presence either, but Tamra’s words startled her. She hadn’t thought about how Junior had arrived with the dragons. He must have flown one!

Part of her hoped Tamra would attack Junior, but Lurker had insisted there was more to him than she knew. Nevertheless, the image of the ageless Grimclaw slain outside the Dragon Temple wouldn’t leave her alone.

The lack of sleep from the night before and the rigours of Anvil’s lessons, coupled with the excitement of finding Lurker and the other dragonlings safe, left her exhausted. There were so many questions to be answered, and now this strange woman had entered the fray—claiming she knew this day would come. Tamra’s assertion that Reecah possessed something called dragon magic had come out of nowhere.

The last thing Reecah wanted was to get between Tamra and Junior. By the look of the woman, Junior didn’t stand a chance. She nodded toward the slain trainee. “We’re going to have worse things to worry about if Catenya has her way.”

Everyone gave Reecah a blank stare.

“Catenya is one of the people you chased off. She’ll be at the city gate by now. I suggest we get far away from here as fast as we can.” She glanced at the dragonlings. “If the Watch saw you land, they’ll be forming a slaying party.”

“We were careful,” Lurker said.

“Three dragons drop out of the sky, not more than a longbow’s shot from a castle full of king’s men, and you don’t think anyone noticed?”

“We saw an army march south yesterday. The castle must surely be empty.”

Reecah rolled her eyes. “It surely is not.” As she spoke, she remembered the movement of the king’s army. “Now that you’re here, we need to stop the king’s men from wasting another colony!”

“We aren’t strong enough. If we die, we lose the only chance we have of saving dragonkind from extinction.”

“And what chance is that?” Reecah asked, but already knew the answer Lurker would throw back at her.

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