Dragon Emperor 12 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2020-09-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

A growl rumbled in my chest, and I bolted out the door with Laika and Alyona hot on my heels. They knew better than to ask any more questions, and I knew they were just as worried as I was about what Naomi’s message could have meant.

“Lord Evan!” Kendy called out from behind us. “What’s going on?”

“We’ll be back!” I yelled over my shoulder and stopped in the courtyard. “Just keep working on the election!”

“Should I--oh!” he gasped in the middle of his question as I shifted into my dragon form.

I cut it a little close to my women, and they both jumped back as I pulled my growing body away from them so they didn’t get squashed.

We had to find out what was going on, though. Naomi wasn’t the type to be dramatic, and she’d sounded terrified in her message, so it had to be something serious for her to call us back to Atheson when we were trying to save people here in Veta.

“We’ll let you know what’s going on soon,” I rumbled while Laika and Alyona pulled themselves onto my back.

“Let’s go,” Laika muttered, and both of my lovers gripped my spikes to their chests.

I made sure they were hanging on tight, and then I took off like a bat out of hell. My wings flapped in a frenzy, and Kendy’s bright robes fluttered in the wind of my takeoff. The lynx waved awkwardly, and his face was still twisted into confusion as we set out toward Naomi and whatever problem awaited us.

It wasn’t a pleasant flight this time, and I couldn’t even enjoy the feeling of the cool wind in my face like I normally did. Even the feeling of flying through the clouds didn’t bring me any of its normal joy, since I was too busy running through every scenario of what could have gone wrong in Atheson.

Maybe the demons Kyro talked about had attacked, and there were people with miasma poisoning running around like zombies. Or maybe Kyro escaped and set the log cabin castle on fire. Or maybe something had happened with Rebecca or Ura.

The anxiety of an innocent person being in pain sent jolts of pain through my chest, and thousands of possibilities raced through my mind as I flew at jet-setting speeds back to Atheson.

I dodged a flock of birds, and Alyona and Laika squeezed my spikes as I veered off course for a moment. We made it back to the city in less than half the time it had taken to reach Veta this morning, and I slowed down as we reached the palace. The courtyard was bare, and I could see the guards still sat in the pit with Naomi’s spell over the top of the hole. A few stragglers walked around on the roads, but nothing seemed disastrous yet.

No zombies, at least.

I finally saw where everyone stood on the beach behind the castle, and they waved at me to come down into the sand near them. It looked like all my people were there, and I braced myself for a quick landing.

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