Chosen by Gary Stringer

Author:Gary Stringer [Stringer, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-02-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Loric awoke to the smell of roast beef. As he came to, he saw a cow turning on a spit over a fire. Bunny was sitting in her underclothes, using her bare foot to keep the spit turning while she mended her green dress. She looked up as he stirred, not at all self-conscious about her near nakedness. “I thought you'd probably be hungry. A good meal will help restore your strength.”

She stood back to give him room as he devoured the very well prepared cow. The dragon was briefly surprised to find the carcass almost completely bloodless, but then he realised why. He decided not to pass comment, however, as he suspected it might make her uncomfortable.

“I slaved away for hours on that meal, and you wolf it down in two bites!” Bunny quipped, hands on hips in mock indignation.

“Sorry. Thanks,” Loric replied, simply.

“If you're feeling well enough to travel,” said the sorceress, “we should be getting back to Eilidh. I promised to take you all to the Fountain of Light and I intend to keep my promise.” Loric was briefly tempted to feign greater injury in order to spend more time alone with this unique creature, but then he remembered the kidnapped princess and anger snapped him out of his selfishness. So once they had erased all signs of their having been there, they took to the air, flying faster this time, back to the city of Avidon.

* * * * * Eilidh's party now numbered nine, plus the Dark Knight Officer Sir Quentin Marr who had insisted that his escort duty was not finished until they were ready to enter this forbidden area wherein lay the Great Fountain of Light.

The Catalyst looked around at those who were now her followers under her leadership, though she preferred not to dwell on that particular point. There was the dwarf Bard-Catalyst, Granite Longbeard. His motives were clear enough: personal gain. That didn't bother the young woman at all. It was straightforward, it was honest and he wasn’t demanding anything excessive. His solo jaunt around the City of Avidon had not proved as successful as she’d hoped. While people were ready to talk to him and let slip information on any number of things, on this particular issue, the grip of the Hand was too tight. That information had been provided by this Sumorityl vampire who called herself Bunny.

Bunny was something of an enigma. Searching for redemption and recognition, and it seemed none too fussy about how she achieved her aims. No, Eilidh reprimanded herself. That isn't fair. Bunny had done what she had to do to survive and while some of it made the Catalyst slightly uncomfortable, she wasn’t about to tell her how she should live her life. So the Sumorityl had made some questionable decisions – who hadn’t? Eilidh made no claim to perfection.

The Church had always taught her that Sumorityl were wrong and while Bunn y’s creation might not have violated the letter of the law, it had certainly broken its spirit.

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