Leoht (BloodRunes: Book 3) by Cole Laura R

Author:Cole, Laura R
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, magic, dragon, spells, mage, sword, runes
Publisher: Laura R Cole

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Nathair flew over the fighting, feeling a rush of adrenaline surge through him. After taking the time to ensure the support of his people, he was finally able to begin the attacks. He had ordered the troops to start a series of short raids into the border villages to see what kind of opposition they might come up against. They had secured several bridges and crossing places across the river, and made camps on the opposite side, so the Treymaynians had already lost the advantage of using that natural barrier as a defense. Seeing as how Jezebel had reported that the council had been made aware of the threat of war, he was surprised at the lack of resistance.

So far, all it had been was a few tough farmers with their pitchforks. There had been one or two cases of talented individuals who had tried to use their power to stop his men, and Nathair had gotten the pleasure of taking these out himself. He was a little worried that the mages and bloodbeasts would become bored with no real opposition.

Assured that the battle at hand was well under control, Nathair winged his way deeper into Treymaynian territory. He was hit by a few rogue arrows that people shot up at him, but nothing could penetrate his thick hide and he ignored them for now. Their turn would come soon enough. Instead, he kept flying, looking for the Treymaynian army. Where were they? Wouldn’t they come to defend their people?

Then he spotted them, in numbers larger than he would have expected for them to have been able to come up with on such short notice and he veered off to the left. A fireball whooshed past his wingtip and he hastily withdrew it into himself. Unfortunately, this motion sent him into a spiral, careening towards the ground. Instead of panicking, he flailed about as if injured all the while keeping an eye at the place where the attack had come from.

The mage, thinking that his target was hurt, stood from his hiding spot, giving away his location, and flung out his hands to deliver what he must think would be a deadly blow. Nathair whipped open both wings and caught the air forcefully under them, turning with the speed and grace that was now a combination of both his and Nuko’s experience and he let loose a barrage of fire out of his mouth towards the mage.

The mage stopped his arms half-way through their spell-weaving and he stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the rush of fire heading for him. His blood-curdling screams ended abruptly and Nathair paused to snatch up the char-broiled snack.

He unleashed another swath of fire down the middle of the encampment and was rewarded with the sound of screams and shouting and the stench of burning flesh and supplies. They regrouped faster than expected, however, and sent a combination of magic and arrows against him and he was forced to retreat. There was no reason he had to wipe out their entire army, he had his own to do that for him.

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