The Dragon's Appraiser: Part One by Viola Rivard

Author:Viola Rivard [Rivard, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Viola Rivard
Published: 2015-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Sevrrn kicked the next object toward the human. It was the scabbard that usually housed one of his favorite swords. Centuries ago, he had been fascinated by the elaborate golden dragon that had been embossed on its surface. He was the only golden dragon he had ever heard of and had wondered if the dragon was supposed to be him.

As the human picked up the scabbard and began to scrutinize it, he realized that he was not the least bit interested in what she had to say. In fact, over the past several hours, he had not been listening to anything she had said.

But he had been paying attention to her.

Not the words coming out of her mouth, but the way her lips moved. Her lips, he was beginning to notice, were particularly appealing to him. They were soft and pink and sometimes her small tongue would flick out to wet them. He liked seeing her tongue and he liked the way her plump lips looked when they were slick with her saliva.

He could not understand why her lips captivated him so much. There was hardly enough meat between them to fill his mouth, let alone his stomach.

But he did not want to eat them. He wanted…

He wasn’t sure.

Uncertainty.

That was not something the dragon was used to.

Sevrrn’s attention was drawn back from her lips. He took in her entire face, realizing that she was staring at him expectantly. Her eyebrows drew together.

“Are you all right?”

No one had ever asked him that before. He did not like it.

“Get back to work,” he commanded. “I expect everything to be appraised by the end of the season.”

She did not listen. Why did she never listen to him?

“How am I ever going to finish when you keep adding things to the pile?”

“I am not referring to the pile,” he told her, growing impatient with her insolence. “I am referring to my entire hoard.”

She laughed.

He did not like that either. Well, he liked the sound of it. But he did not like that she seemed to be laughing at him.

“Autumn will be over in two months. I get that time is probably not something you pay much mind to, but trust me, a quality appraisal on everything here will take me decades, maybe even a century. I’ll probably die of old age before we even begin to tackle the stuff at the bottom of the lake.”

He had not considered that. At the rate they were going, it would take her a great deal of human time to complete the appraisals. He could not have her growing old and feeble before they were finished. Besides, if she grew old, her lips would begin to thin.

That would be a problem.

He was not sure why.

“You will not die.”

The thought of her growing old and dying had perturbed him, making his tone sharp. She flinched.

“The oldest human I know is eighty-seven and I’m already a quarter of the way there.”

He gave a dismissive wave of his hand. “We will find a way to keep you alive.

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