Dragon Bones by Lisa McMann

Author:Lisa McMann [McMann, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A Wrench in Thisbe’s Plan

Rohan and Thisbe met in the tunnel between their crypts every other night after he returned from his long trek. Thisbe told him about her work and how she feared that someday soon she’d be dragging four bones a day. She showed him the cuts that the harness had made in her shoulders.

Rohan sympathized and pointed at his shoes, which were quickly falling apart from so many miles of walking. “The Revinir wishes me to bring her the bones of the most ancient human rulers,” he said. “Conveniently kept in the crypt farthest away from here.”

“Of course they would be. You said the catacombs actually connect to the castle dungeon? So you could get in there if you wanted to?” She wondered if that might be the best way to escape since she knew her way around the dungeon a little.

“There’s a thick old door separating our side from theirs. But it’s heavily protected by sentries. The Revinir’s blue-uniformed soldiers on our side, the king’s green-uniformed soldiers on the palace’s side. I’ve started making friends with our soldiers at that end, and one told me that it’s so heavily guarded to make sure none of the miscreants in the castle dungeon can get out—I guess there was some sort of uprising down there recently. The Revinir’s captive dragons escaped.”

Thisbe grinned to herself. She hadn’t yet told Rohan about the part she’d played in that.

Rohan went on, his face concerned. “The problem is, the king didn’t confess it to the Revinir right away, so she just found out about it a few days ago. She was positively boiling over it, Thisbe. Spitting fire. I worry . . .” Rohan hesitated and shook his head. “I worry for Grimere, and for us. If the king doesn’t give proper restitution to the Revinir for the dragons he lost, the two leaders will be at odds. The Revinir isn’t going to just forgive him. It’s troublesome.”

“What are you saying?” asked Thisbe.

Rohan looked up. “I suppose I’m saying this could spark a war between them.” He noticed Thisbe’s frightened face and relaxed a little, waving his hand to try to erase what he’d just said. “It’ll probably never come to that. And the king has already started offering her things as payback, so they’re sorting it out. I guess I just have too much time to imagine what-ifs on my journey.” His smile was strained. “Please don’t worry about it. Perhaps the king will come through with something tremendous to appease the Revinir.”

“I hope so.” Thisbe breathed a little easier. She wasn’t sure what a war would mean for the black-eyed slaves—would they just stay down here or be forced to fight for the Revinir? Against the king?

“Anyway,” Rohan went on, lighter now, “about the Revinir’s soldiers stationed at the door to the dungeon—which is what we were talking about before I turned all grim and brooding—I’m sure they’re trying just as hard to keep us from finding a way out as they are to keep their prisoners in.

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