Whispers Amidst the Blaze (Dragon's Dawn Book 3) by Dan Michaelson & D.K. Holmberg

Author:Dan Michaelson & D.K. Holmberg [Michaelson, Dan & Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2024-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Laric had the distinct feeling that Talia had been out here for a very specific reason, but he wasn’t sure what that was. She had been looking for… something. But what?

When he said as much to Xavier, the merchant just shook his head. “I can’t say with any certainty what she was doing out here. There was likely a purpose behind it, but it might have been as simple as her trying to set a trap to try to draw you, or both of us, into it.”

“Unless she was looking for something that would help her with what she plans once the mages come?” Rowan said.

For his part, Laric tried to concentrate on Sashaak and on maintaining some link to him, but even as he did, there remained an aspect of the connection he had to the dragon that posed a challenge for him. While he had an awareness of Sashaak, he simply could not see anything through his eyes the way that he had been able to before. It was as if Sashaak had decided to stop showing him things. Laric wondered why, and what it was that Sashaak had decided to do differently. Maybe the effort of trying to battle with what Talia had intended had been too much.

“It is possible that there is an old ruin of a place out here,” Xavier said. He glanced over to Laric. “Honestly, I haven’t spent much time out here. I did a little bit when I was younger, but not a lot. It’s pretty bleak and empty.”

“It’s like that around the town in general,” Laric said.

“Not entirely. Most of the surrounding area is suitable for farmland, and you have the quarry, but beyond that…” Xavier shrugged. He still seemed a bit shaken by what Talia had done and just how easily she had almost overwhelmed them.

Laric understood the hesitation that he had because, for his part, he also shared in some of the concern about what Talia had been able to do, and he worried about what she might continue to do to them. He knew that she was not gone. Not really. And when she reappeared, he was going to have to be ready.

Increasingly, he started to wonder what he had to be ready for. Was it to leave?

That was a very real possibility. If Talia, as well as the mages, returned to the city and came after Sashaak, Laric might not have any choice but to depart. It wasn’t what he wanted. He wanted to have an opportunity to stay. To help his sister. To help Malcolm, for that matter. And then there was Rowan.

That had been a growing friendship, and maybe a little bit more, ever since the attack. Laric had never had anybody in his life like her before. He and his sister had always had a good relationship, but it was isolating to live outside the city, and even more isolating in that Laric had never taken his education seriously, so he had always been something of an outsider.

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