Shadow Soul by R Michael Card

Author:R Michael Card [Card, R Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988115634
Publisher: Gryphon's Gate Publishing
Published: 2018-10-25T22:00:00+00:00

Jais could only shake his head.

He thought he was confused and uncertain about his life, but that was nothing compared to the man who’d captured him. He’d been forced to sit and listen to the man talk through the evening, and certainly, the dragon hunter had a rather fantastical story to tell, but Jais wasn’t sure if he believed any of it.

And if he did, he had no clue what to do about it.

The dragon hunter was gone now. He had been since Jais had woken just a short while ago as the first rays of light had been cast upon his eyes. The sun was above the peaks to the east.

Jais had not slept well. He was tied to a tree, his hands manacled on the other side of the trunk with thick rope binding his torso to the tree as well. He was certain that had he been at full strength he could have broken out of these bonds, but he was drained. He still hadn’t recovered from the massive amount of healing he’d done the night before. Nor from the trial he’d undergone. Also, he hadn’t eaten anything the previous day, a fault he was regretting now. Well, he’d had a little food, provided by the dragon hunter. The man had shared a meal with him while he talked. But between two nights of poor sleep, not enough food and being generally weary, he hadn’t been able to resist much when the man had found him yesterday, nor could he free himself now.

He tried to break his bonds once again, just to be certain. He felt the metal of the manacles bite into his wrists as he tried to pull them apart, break the chain holding them together, while muscles all over his torso strained to burst the ropes around him. He should have been able to break these bonds, but… He succeeded only in winding himself and causing more pain. He used a bit of healing to soothe his wrists, but that only weakened him further.

He gave up and sighed heavily.

He wondered what the others were doing. Were they searching for him or perhaps they thought he’d just left in a huff and were on their way to see the dragon. He couldn’t imagine them leaving without him. He had to assure himself that Barami’s tracking skills would lead them to him soon enough.

Until then, perhaps he’d humor this dragon hunter.

He had to give the man a little credit. For a start… Jais wasn’t dead. The man had caught him unawares without his weapons. Their first fight had not gone well for Jais and the man could probably easily have bested him — as much as Jais wanted to believe he could beat the man. Instead, he’d only restrained him here and asked him to listen. Then there was his wild story.

“I don’t know who I am,” the man had said. “I think I’m drahksan, which… I don’t know what that means. Have I been hunting and killing my own kind all my life?”

The man, Gosse, had seemed genuinely remorseful.

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