Lusam: The Dragon Mage Wars Book Two by Dean Cadman

Author:Dean Cadman [Cadman, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dean Cadman
Published: 2015-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

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The past few days had really dragged for Neala whilst travelling the road to Stelgad. Skelly had stubbornly refused to hold any kind of conversation with her whatsoever, restricting his replies to single word answers, and even then, only if it suited him. At first she had strongly denied all knowledge of his recent poisoning, even though he said he had found evidence of it inside their old waterskin. She had sensed a small seed of doubt in his mind as to whether she'd actually been involved or not, but later he had forced her to eat several pieces of the dried beef she'd earlier blamed for his illness, only to discover she remained perfectly well after eating it. She considered faking the illness, but with her hands still tied to the saddle she was unable to use her fingers to make herself vomit. So here she was, riding in silence towards her fate in Stelgad.

She knew they were getting close to Stelgad now by the familiar mountain range visible on the western horizon. She didn't expect Skelly to make camp again for the coming night, but instead thought he'd push on until they reached the city. For the whole day she had been desperately searching every shadow in the tree-line for signs of Lusam coming to rescue her, but with each passing hour, her hopes began to fade more and more, until she convinced herself he would never come at all.

She had been certain Lusam would come for her—to rescue her from her fate—but the more she thought about it, the more she found reasons why he wouldn't. She began to understand that Lusam didn't really need her any more. So why would anyone risk their life to save someone they didn't need? He'd already accumulated a small fortune in gold, and could easily collect more any time he needed it. Also Mr Daffer and Lucy had offered them both a home for as long as they wanted it, so he wouldn't be homeless either.

The closer they got to Stelgad, the more certain she was that her fate was now sealed, and that she would soon find her life ending on the tip of Shiva's knife—or even worse. Silently she prayed to Aysha, to give her strength to endure what would surely come, and to make her end as swift and painless as possible.

Even though Neala had guessed Skelly wouldn't want to stop and make camp again that night, he actually confirmed her suspicions by increasing their speed significantly, alternating between short gallops, and much longer periods of cantering. At the pace they were now setting Neala estimated they would reach Stelgad around midnight, or just after. The sun had already begun to set over the western mountain range, and the clear skies above promised a well-lit night to come, aided by the presence of the bright—almost full—moon rising from the east.

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