Tamer: King of Dinosaurs Book 9 by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle [Earle, Michael-Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michael-Scott Earle
Published: 2023-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

It took me a few minutes to share their plan with Emta, and her smile grew wider as I recounted their conversation.

“You think Gee can melt the sand in time?” Emta asked.

“Yeah… I think so. I hope so.”

“I liked how they thought you’d have Bruce drop the blessed water on his head,” she chuckled. “You could still do that, eh? Just as a backup?”

“Maybe,” I said. “I’d have to figure out how to tell Keefaye to bless the right jug, and then have Selina pick it up.”

“Don’t we have those extra ones filled up with blessed water already? You didn’t take them with you when you went with Eiter and Keefaye to help Heeyuna. You only used one to blast that camp we are about to pass, yeah?”

“Oh, shit, you are right,” I said, and on cue we rode up again on the burnt-out camp where we had saved Eiter.

“So you could have Selina grab one of those jugs…” Emta trailed off.

“Yeah…” I took a deep breath and thought through the possibilities.

On one hand, I wanted everyone in the tribe to be able to get shit done without me. If they defeated the flaming skull guy, the women and Ohkall would be buzzing with their victory for days, and they would have an even closer bond. Especially with the new members of the tribe.

On the other hand, their plan could fail, and they could die.

The thought of losing Trel nearly made my stomach crumble into pieces, and even the thought of losing Nomi, Gee, and Urka made me almost blink away tears. I hadn’t really formed a bond with Heeyuna, Veeraale, and Ohkall yet, but I still considered them friends, and I didn’t want them to die, either.

Especially if I could prevent it.

Fuck. Now I knew what a mother bird felt like when she had to figure out when to throw the babies out of the nest.

“I’m… going to… let them handle it,” I said after I took a long breath. “If Selina grabbed a jug, she’d have to drop it on the guy before he engaged with them. It would ruin their plan and show that I didn’t have any confidence in them. If I had her carry the jug and wait to see if the plan didn’t work, it would be too late to drop it, since he’ll probably be close enough for them to counterattack with Nomi’s Eclipse, and if I dropped it on him then, there is a chance they would get splashed with the blessed water. Yeah… I… Damn… this is hard.”

“Yeah.” She nodded. “I see what you mean. If you just do the thing, then we are always going to expect you to do the things for us.”

“I know they can do this,” I said. “They are all smart, tough, and know he’s coming. They can do it.”

“I hope so,” Emta said.

Then we rode in silence for another hour or so without speaking. The silence might have been uncomfortable given how intimate our

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