The High-Wizard's Hunt by Jack Albrecht & Ashley Delay

Author:Jack Albrecht & Ashley Delay [Albrecht, Jack & Delay, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Osric's Wand Series: Book 2
ISBN: 1482719800
Published: 2013-02-23T11:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

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Changing Sides

“We cannot be letting them torture and kill the most powerful wizard in Archana!” Machai shouted, frustrated at the obstinance of his clan members.

“He be sacrificing himself for a reason, I be sure. What can we be doing to help? Even I do not be foolish enough to be attacking the Turgent’s palace, Machai!” Kablis responded gruffly.

“He be sacrificing his life to be saving mine, and I willn’t be allowing it. Ye must be helping me get to him.” Machai could not help but admit that he had come to believe that Osric’s life was more important than his own.

“Ye be stopping the delivery with grand tales and then be trying to recruit us to fight to free a man we never be seeing before? Ye be speaking the words of a fool, so why would I be rescuing a man on ye’r word alone? There be no hope of freeing him where he be held, and they will surely be watching for us to be trying!” Kablis shouted.

“He’s right, Machai. I fear there is little we can do to help Osric now,” Thamas spoke with hopelessness in his voice. “They have the Dwarven blades, they have hundreds of men within the city, and we are so few. What could we possibly do?”

Machai stomped away from the group, angry at himself for being caught unaware by Aron. If the strength of his glare at the walls of Rowain was enough to break them, they would have crumbled to dust. He hated Aron for besting him and yearned for nothing more than to have a chance to correct the mistake. Machai was not willing to let the conversation die, so he turned again to plead for the aid of his kin.

“Ye all be fools if ye cannot be seeing the strength that lies in the men they took. I be swearing by the blood on me blade,” Machai shook the heavy axe in his hand, “that they be freeing the dragons. I be swearing that they inspired me to be fighting alongside them to whatever end they be seeing fit! And I be swearing by me bones that I will be doing whatever it takes to be seeing them walk out as free men!”

Machai glared at his kin for their looks of disinterest as he spoke. They were staring off at the sky rather than being roused by his passionate argument. “Listen! Osric and Kenneth helped us to be freeing the dragons from ages of slavery!” Machai grew angry when even Thamas ignored him and just stared into the distance over his head, until he heard thud, thud, in rapid succession from behind him.

Machai spun on his heels, ready to attack any foe that stood on the path. His mouth dropped open as he beheld Treethorn and another large, grey dragon standing a short distance away. The great beasts were folding their wings after a rough landing, which sent dirt billowing into the air around them.

“Treethorn, ye beautiful beast,

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