The True Dragon by Andy Holland

Author:Andy Holland [Holland, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18: Interrogation

Perak had quickly settled into a routine in his quiet little cell. Every morning one of the Golden Dragon guards would come to wake him and give him his breakfast, but would always find that Perak was awake before he arrived, sitting on his bed watching the guard's every move. They changed the guard every day, and they never spoke to him, neither to ask him any questions nor answer any of his own. Insults, threats, appeals to reason, everything that Perak tried had the same result: just blank expressions as if he was using another language. They showed no indication of fear or interest in him. He had to respect them for that. They would have known who he was, what he had done and what he was capable of and they were bound to be curious, yet they never let it show. Their discipline was exemplary.

Perak's breakfast was relatively generous, but he never ate it straight away. He waited till he heard the muffled sounds of the guard's footsteps fade away and then began his exercises. He had no idea how long he was going to have to stay in this prison, so he needed to maintain his fitness. The small size of his cell limited what he could do, but Perak was resourceful and used the metal bars to hang from and strengthen his muscles. He trained for at least an hour every morning while his breakfast grew cold, but that never bothered him. He was determined not to become too comfortable in this place.

He ate while he cooled down from his breakfast, using the wooden cutlery they had provided him with. They were taking no chances with him, and even the wood they had used was soft and weak, barely usable as cutlery let alone as a weapon or a tool to break free from the cell. He had tried many times to pick the lock using the wooden knife, but it snapped too easily.

But try to escape he did. After breakfast, Perak continued his futile attempt to scrape his way through the wall of his cell. He had only just begun to scratch the wall when two burly Blue Dragons burst into the cell, seizing him before he could react and pinning his arms behind his back. They said nothing as they chained his hands and feet together, then lifted him up and deposited him in a chair another Blue Dragon had brought into the cell. He looked up and saw that a fourth Blue Dragon was sat opposite him.

"So, Perak, how are you enjoying life in this dungeon?" Kanesh asked, sitting back in his chair and crossing his legs, looking very relaxed. Perak wondered how relaxed Kanesh would be if Perak weren't chained up like this. "Looks very comfortable."

"Was there a purpose to your visit?" Perak asked. "I seem to recall you were fond of making unexpected and seemingly pointless calls when you were an ageing colonel, but I had hoped that there was at least some hidden agenda and you weren't just wasting everyone's time.

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