Pariah of Dragons by Cordelia Castel

Author:Cordelia Castel [Castel, Cordelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

All night long, I lay in bed, mulling over Fyrian’s words. The wild dragon certainly had the power to poison minds, as he had caused a wedge between Fyrian and me that had lasted several hours. But could he persuade a dragon attack someone? I couldn’t picture Rubens hurting Muti maliciously. Theirs had been a fair fight. And while I didn’t know Livens’ dragon, Cymatilis, it made no sense for a dragon to attack their bondmate to the point where they were kept in a healing coma to recuperate from their trauma. Fyrian had vouched for Percoquo, the greedy dragon, even though she found him an irritation.

I shook my head. If the wild dragon controlled minds rather than poisoned them, he would be capable of inciting dragons to do anything. But why not use that power to gain his freedom or to avoid getting caught? Closing my eyes, I pushed away my speculations. Everything would probably become clearer after a few hours of sleep.

Hours later, the clang and clatter of furniture outside my room shook me from my slumber. My eyes snapped open, and I swung out of the mattress.

“What’s happening?” asked Fyrian.

“There’s someone in the common room.”

“Who?”

After slipping on my leather armor over my silk underclothes, I picked up my sword belt from where I left it on my desk and fastened it around my middle. The sound of a body hitting the door made my heart flip-flop. What if this was another attack?

Unsheathing my Parched Sword, I crept toward the door and placed my fingertips on the handle.

“Wait!” hissed Fyrian.

“What?” I snatched my hand away.

“If that wild dragon has teleported into the common room, a parched sword isn’t going to fight him off.”

“What do you suggest?” Another thump reverberated on my door, followed by a groan. “Fyri, someone could be out there, getting hurt.”

“All right.” She paused for a moment, seeming to think things over. “Turn the lights off, open the door a crack, peep out, then slam it shut.”

“What’s that going to do?”

“I’ll be looking through your eyes. If it’s the wild dragon, I’ll see him before he sees you.”

I huffed out a breath. This plan made no sense whatsoever, but since I was the one who wanted to rush out into the common room, I wasn’t going to waste time complaining. After tapping on the wall to turn off the light, I pulled the door handle and opened the door.

Stafford slumped over the back of a sofa, dangling a sword in his loose fingers. I glanced around the common room for signs of his assailant, but no one else was there.

“What happened to you?” I whispered.

A groan was my only reply.

“He made a lot of noise for someone so small,” said Fyrian. “Do you think the wild dragon teleported out when you opened the door?”

“Possibly.” I rushed over to my friend and hoisted him upright. “Stafford. Tell me what’s wrong.”

“Lean him against the wall and let me take a look.”

“Right.” For someone larger and bulkier than me, Stafford was surprisingly compliant.

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