Blood of the Isir Boxed Set by Erik Henry Vick

Author:Erik Henry Vick [Vick, Erik Henry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Blood of the Isir Boxed Set
Publisher: Ratatoskr Publishing
Published: 2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

Forty-two

The dragon landed in a small break in the foliage, a bit ahead of Meuhlnir’s party. I helped Jane and Sig climb down the beast’s back leg and then turned to help Yowtgayrr and Skowvithr with Urlikr’s broken body. Althyof’s song was a twisting, undulating thing, squirming in a harmonic minor packed with dissonance and counter-harmony. Friner stood twitching its great head back and forth like a metronome and alternating between hissing and a weird crooning sound. The tip of the dragon’s tail was jiggling and trembling. Sig stood shock-still, staring up at the great beast.

We got Urlikr’s body down and away from the dragon, and then Althyof slid down the dragon’s flank without breaking his melody. He backed away from Friner, keeping his eyes locked on the dragon’s. The dragon began to hiss louder and with more vehemence.

Jane shot me a questioning look, and I tried to smile, but between the great beast of a dragon hissing at us and the squirming, vellicating runesong, my smile wasn’t very reassuring. Althyof stopped singing mid-phrase but had his hand held up and his eyes locked on Friner’s. The big red beast lurched half a step to the left and shook its great wings. The dragon narrowed its eyes at Althyof and hissed with a seething hatred. Althyof seemed unconcerned, standing there like an insane school crossing guard. With his left hand, he began to shoo the dragon away like you might chase away a pesky cat. I doubt anyone can read a dragon’s expression, but I got the feeling that Friner was not amused. Its hissing grew more insistent, though its eyes remained locked on the Tverkr’s in front of it. Althyof pointed to the north and uttered a sharp word that made me want to get away from him. Sig stood next to me and took my hand in his sweaty palm. Friner roared, almost in Althyof’s face, and I’m not ashamed to say that my first instinct was to run, and to run fast. The Tverkr seemed unfazed, he pointed to the north with one hand and made the shooing gesture again with the other. The dragon hissed and broke eye contact, and then shuffled away, shooting venomous glances at us over its shoulder. It looked like a recalcitrant child being sent to its room. With a parting shriek, the dragon launched itself into the sky and battered us with the wind of its departure.

Althyof stared, watching the dragon flying north and away from us. He kept staring long after I had lost the speck of the dragon to distance and altitude. Finally, his shoulders slumped, and the Tverkr sighed. “Every time, it takes more and more out of me,” he breathed.

“He fights you,” said Yowtgayrr.

It wasn’t a question, but Althyof nodded anyway. “He tries to break the binding every time I call him and every time I send him away. He’s getting stronger.”

“Was that a real live dragon?” asked Sig.

“Yes, one of the largest ones I know of,” said Althyof.

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