The Knight of Her Dreams (Dragons and Dreamphasers) by Robyn Jen

Author:Robyn, Jen [Robyn, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Jen Robin Kaltman
Published: 2013-04-05T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Gone?” Dual snarled, the next morning. “What do you mean he’s gone?” The man beside him fumbled at an attempt to reply, and the angry dreamphaser gave him a quick shake. “You were told to keep him here!”

“I-I didn’t know he’d sneak out in the middle of the night,” stammered the innkeeper. “I posted a man at the door.”

“But not the window,” drawled Quell, gesturing towards the telltale breeze whooshing through a pair of swinging shutters. “I’ll say this for Alarius; he’s certainly got more guts than I pegged him for.”

“And more stupidity,” hissed Dual, tossing the innkeeper to the floor roughly. Glaring at the cowering man, he added maliciously, “You’re lucky I’m not in the mood to kill you for that same offense, you spineless idiot. Now get out of my sight before I change my mind!” The innkeeper gave a quick nod and vanished, leaving Quell chuckling in his absence. Dual wasn’t pleased. “Listen to your name and quell your amusement, so we can deal with the matter at hand.”

“Alarius? Be serious, Dual. He’s a desperate man, but he can’t have gotten far.”

The dreamphaser sneered. “You’re as foolish as he is if you believe that. An elf in hiding could take days or even weeks to uncover.”

“Foolish is the way you decided to handle this whole affair,” replied Quell. “By the netherworld, we should have just reasoned with Alarius and paid what he needs in exchange for that damned map. He’s no doubt gone to find the treasure immediately, and after that, he’ll probably have words with Dominick, and...”

“Quiet!” thundered Dual, his gray eyes nearly glowing red. “It seems to matter little to you that the map was mine, before that accursed dreamphaser stole it out from under me to give to his simpleminded friend who’s just escaped with it. Alarius has no right to those treasures!”

As expected, Quell deemed it best not to comment further, knowing the dark dreamphaser’s mind was closed once more to the merits of reasoning.

Reasoning! Dual sneered, as he often did with this subject. When had that approach ever proven useful? Ever since he was a child, Dual had developed a dislike against such foolishness, remembering how the tactic hadn’t helped his prematurely deceased mother.

She’d been killed by his late father’s hand.

Not too surprising, since the man that sired him had been part demon himself, not to mention a corrupt and well-known assassin among the darker inhabitants of Chavernos. His mother, while by no means a saint, hadn’t deserved what transpired over the years any more than her son did. Formerly a chorus girl in a tavern, she became enamored of the handsome dark-eyed assassin who frequented the place due to an admiration of her equally appealing form.

To the surprise of everyone, he married her.

To no one’s surprise, six months later, Dual was born.

Over the next several years, constant fights escalated within that stormy household. Dual’s father made no secret of his many affairs with other women during missions to rid clients of ‘unwanted’ disturbances.

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