Dragon Emperor 14 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2020-12-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

As we flew south, I could see just how big the Breach was. The jagged tear in the ground continued through the mountains for miles, and every time I looked down, I could see why the king was so stressed out.

The flailing bodies of the demons crept to the deep purple surface of the hole, and they seemed to fling themselves against the seal as they tried to break through. The smell of miasma was stronger than I’d ever smelled before, especially as we continued toward the Ubri border.

The king’s magic wasn’t infinite, and it seemed his seal was getting even weaker the further we got from the White Jade Temple. Olivier had to have noticed the growing weakness, too. It couldn’t be a coincidence that he’d set up at least one rift down here away from the palace. Somehow, Olivier seemed to be able to read the seal and how it worked. If there wasn’t a traitor, there was definitely someone giving him the information.

The question was who else would know?

A growl rumbled deep in my chest as I considered this, but then I absently looked down again and did a double-take. There was a person walking along a path that wound through the mountains, and they were headed for the edge of the Breach.

“Who’s that?” I demanded and pointed with my foreleg.

“I have no idea,” Alyona called over the sound of the wind. “But they are dangerously close to the Breach. You don’t think…”

“They’re being pulled by that magnetism the king told us about?” I finished her question with a growl. “We have to stop them.”

I dove down toward the figure with Ravi right behind me, and Eskandar nearly screeched to a halt above us.

“Where are you going?” he called out before he followed me down to the ground.

I landed with a thud in front of the figure to block them from the Breach, and I realized it was a woman. She was a human, maybe in her twenties, and she had long black hair that looked like she’d been tugging chunks of it from her head. Her eyes were a dull green, and they stayed focused on her path, even with me sitting in front of her.

I thought she’d run right into my side until Laika slipped off my back and stood in front of her. Then Ravi flitted to a landing on my shoulder and peered down at the woman with suspicion.

“What are you doing?” the wolf Demi-Human demanded, and she put one hand on her broadsword and stared at the woman.

“Fulfill the hunger,” the woman muttered as she shuffled her feet and attempted a slow step past Laika.

“I don’t think so,” Laika replied and put a hand on the woman’s chest. “You aren’t fulfilling anything right now.”

“What hunger?” I wondered as I cocked my head to the side.

“Is it her hunger or that of the demons?” Alyona whispered.

“Oh, gods,” Aaliyah groaned. “They’re getting drawn in to get eaten?”

“That’s just sick.” Rebecca covered her mouth as though she was about to puke.

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