The Emerald Rider (Book Four of the Dragoneer Saga) by Mathias M. R

Author:Mathias, M. R. [Mathias, M. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Michael Robb Mathias Jr.
Published: 2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Zahrellion knew immediately that she’d swooped into a nest of expectant hornets. Crystal failed to freeze any of the witches she blasted. They were somehow protected from the dragon’s frigid spew. The sky filled, far too quickly, with more mind-stretched women riding poorly enchanted broomsticks, and it soon looked as if a beehive full of filthy tavern girls had been kicked over.

Crystal’s angry magic did some damage—far more than the witches must have anticipated. Most of them couldn’t even be considered witches, Zahrellion decided. They were mostly just girls taught to blow a ball of fire and ride a stick. When Zahrellion started casting powerful druidic spells and a hundred Keepers rode into the mix, the odds looked to even out a little bit, but only long enough for them to catch their breath.

Crystal was nearly as old as Golden, and she was a vastly capable wyrm. She kept the witches’ fiery kisses from reaching her and her rider. She also shielded some of the Keepers who had ridden a very long time to meet them there. The big, white-scaled frost dragon even bashed one witch into oblivion with her tail, but her breath was useless, and a streak of lightning eventually came up and bit her.

Scales were sizzled, and some of the meat beneath them was crisped from the heat of the strike, but Crystal kept them in a position to protect the Keepers. This allowed Zahrellion to take in the scene. It didn’t take long to find the source of her dragon’s current pain.

In the yard before the manor was a trio of witches all hovering in an outward-facing triangular formation. Their dark hair was blowing wildly in several different directions. In the middle of the three, and hovering slightly higher, was Ankha Vira. She was building up another mass of crackling yellow energy to shock Crystal with. A handful more of the hovering witches were scattered in a rough circle around their leader, but they were attacking more than guarding.

Arrows were flying in arcing volleys between the Keepers and the hired mercenaries battling alongside the coven’s fervent followers. A few dozen men lay dead already, and more were falling every minute. Over there an arrow-riddled witch lay dying. Over here a knot of young men fought furiously against a pair of seasoned Keepers. They were probably just stupid boys in love with the half-crafty harlots swarming the sky. They must have been in love, for even as the Keepers slaughtered them, more came charging in.

Zahrellion held fast as Crystal darted out of the way of Ankha Vira’s next blast of lightning. It was a near thing, but having avoided it, Zah found she was just glad these were not Sarax in the sky. This many Sarax could savage a dragon in a few heartbeats.

An illusion built on a few spells, and a false sense of confidence, was all these foes really were. Ankha Vira and her three protectors might be a little more formidable, but Zahrellion doubted it.

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