The Author's Blood by Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry

Author:Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Christian
ISBN: 9781414365282
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2008-01-31T22:00:00+00:00

The Dragon’s aide noticed that the Dragon had become preoccupied. With what, RHM did not know, but it was clear something was afoot. When the Dragon disappeared for yet another long stretch, RHM assumed his leader was perhaps raiding towns, assisting the vaxors in wiping out every village between Dragon City and the Amoyn Valley. But lead vaxor Velvel had recently announced that all the villages had been dealt with and that only a few citizens had escaped into the caves and hillsides.

“Everyone else is either lying in their own blood or in His Majesty’s prisons,” Velvel said. “When the stragglers have returned, we will make one more sweep and wipe them out.”

“Excellent,” RHM had said, pondering the flight of the Dragon. Where was he? What secrets did His Majesty keep from RHM? And why? Didn’t he trust him? Was he hiding something at this new palace?

When RHM had dared inquire of the Dragon about these clandestine trips, the beast had snarled and muttered something under his sulfurous breath about “insubordinate workers” and that RHM needed to “keep your dirty tentacles to yourself.”

RHM had long desired the authority of his leader, to take over and be the most powerful being in the Lowlands. But that would come in good time when the Dragon grew old and feeble and had no one else to whom to pass his mantle.

RHM contemplated sending a spy to shadow the Dragon, but he had no one he could trust. If his scheme was found out, both the spy and RHM would be incinerated. He had already outlived any other aide the Dragon had ever employed.

A sentry reported spotting wings in the distance. RHM climbed to the top of the castle to watch the Dragon’s descent. For some reason, this time the Dragon looked glorious, swaying in the air as if actually enjoying his flight.

As he neared the castle, the Dragon belched fire on the flag of the former resident and consumed it. He plopped down on the parapet next to RHM and gave another blast as sentries and workers gathered in the courtyard and cheered. This was hardly their choice, of course, but rather something the Dragon had had RHM command them to do each time he returned.

“Welcome back, sire,” RHM said, probing the Dragon’s face for any clue to where he might have been. “Did you have a nice trip?”

“Quite. What news do you hear from Dragon City? Is everything ready?”

“The prisons are full, Your Highness. The vaxors plan one final thrust through the land, and the animals you requested for the coliseum have been procured from the farthest reaches of the kingdom.”

“The tigren?”

“Yes. Several.”

“And the crocs?”

“They were able to capture only one, but it is magnificent, monstrous, with long, sharp teeth.”

The Dragon slammed his tail on the edge of the parapet, knocking stones loose and nearly sending RHM to his death. “I told you I wanted many of those slimy beasts for the center pit in the arena! They are to tear my

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