The Days of Myth by Otto Schafer

Author:Otto Schafer [Schafer, Otto]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sound Eye Press
Published: 2021-05-23T22:00:00+00:00

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Let Them See

Thursday, April 21 – God Stones Day 15

The Band of Holes, Peru

“What have we here?” Apep asked, stepping into the circle next to the queen.

Jack felt huge sitting atop the giant dragon. Except for the big blue dragon, Goch was the biggest, and even surrounded by so many, Jack felt like the king of the world high atop his throne. But as he looked down on the queen and Apep, he knew he’d better be on his game if he wanted to make it out of this alive.

Goch dipped low in a gesture that must have been a bow, but the queen only seemed to be looking at Jack.

“Why does a human boy ride you as if you are a slave?” the queen dragon asked.

Her voice was strange, like two people speaking the same words at the same time, but in two different voices.

“Allow me to explain, my queen,” Goch said, lowering himself and listing to one side. He turned and muttered to Jack, “Get down.”

“No, I’m good here,” Jack said.

Goch twisted and bucked to the side, shrugging Jack off like a dog might shrug off a flea.

Jack fell to the loose, rocky soil and quickly picked himself up. He couldn’t help but stare at the exotic creature in the long duster walking toward him. This wasn’t what the man had looked like that night back in the alley. He’d had a hood on, but he was human, that much Jack was sure of. At least he was sure he’d looked human.

“I believe you are Jack?” Apep asked, peering down his sharp nose.

The thing might have looked different, but Jack was sure that was the same voice he had heard that night. Sure, because it had that same uppity-ass properness to its voice. It was unmistakable. “Yeah, that’s me,” Jack said, brushing himself off.

“And how did you come to be here, Jack?” Apep asked.

The queen interrupted. “I don’t want to hear from a human child. I want to hear from my general, dökkálfar.”

Apep held up his hands. “Of course, Queen Azazel. Yes, I too would also like to hear how a human boy finds himself atop an elder dragon.”

Jack looked up at Goch, who in turn was looking down at Apep. If a dragon could sneer, Goch was doing it.

“I found this human on the banks of a river leading from the town, Petersburg. He was yelling the name of Garrett Turek. We landed on the riverbank to find this human about to be attacked by trees… trees that were also looking for the boy. I lost two juveniles to a surprise attack.”

“Trees?” Apep asked.

“Yes. They are moving en masse, and some are even capable of shape-shifting. They too are trying to capture this human Turek.”

“They’re moving and shape-shifting?” Apep asked.

“Are you really that surprised? You have assembled the Sound Eye, Apep. You have made the impossible possible,” the queen said.

Apep frowned. “And what of Garrett? Did you confirm his death?”

Jack could see the Apep thing’s patience was slipping.

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