Dragon Sword: Demon's Fire Book 1 by Christopher Patterson

Author:Christopher Patterson [Patterson, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rabbit Hole Publishing
Published: 2020-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Bryon dragged Erik and led the four dwarves towards the rear entrance of Stangar. The main entrance faced south, but they didn’t want to go that way. The outpost wasn’t that big, but they moved slowly, slinking in the shadows. Who knew if there was another assassin waiting for them? Finally, they came to the rear entrance. It had a pair of large double doors like any other dwarvish entrance, but a smaller door stood within one of the main ones.

When they got to the final corner, they peeped around and saw a sole dwarf on nighttime guard duty; it was Yora. Erik eased around the corner while he retrieved the piece of parchment.

“Yora,” Erik whispered.

The female warrior spun around and immediately dropped her spear into a fighting stance.

“What are you doing here?” she demanded. “Get back to the barracks.”

“Yora,” Erik said, holding up a hand, “we need to leave.”

Erik looked at Bryon and jerked his head sideways. Bryon nodded, inching closer to Yora. She looked at them with suspicious eyes, a white knuckled grip on her spear.

“Yora, we mean no harm,” Erik said, “but we have to leave.”

“No one leaves at night,” Yora said, “captain’s orders.”

“Yora, give this letter to Captain Khâmuth,” Erik said. “It will explain everything. We can’t stay in Stanger. Our being here puts you and the rest of the dwarves in grave danger.”

Yora laughed.

“You expect me to believe that?” she asked, but all six warriors looked at her with serious eyes. “You have no idea how much trouble I’ll be in if you’re just feeding me bear scat.”

“Yora, please,” Erik said.

Bryon watched her. He was within striking distance. He could drop Erik, unsheathe his sword, and have her pinned against the floor before she knew it … maybe.

“Please,” Erik pleaded, “give this letter to Captain Khâmuth and let us leave.”

Yora looked at them for a moment longer before lifting her spear.

“Don’t make me regret this,” she said as she pushed open the smaller door, large enough for Erik and Bryon to pass through if they ducked their heads. “You’ll see a ladder in just a few paces. It leads to the surface.”

Before she closed the door behind them, Erik turned and smiled.

“Thank you,” he said.

She nodded, her returning smile looking more like a grimace. She was watching to make sure they all got on the ladder.

They walked a few steps before Erik stopped, pulling on Bryon.

“What?” Bryon asked.

“The ice bridge,” Erik said.

“The what?” Bryon asked.

“We have seen everything the old man in Eldmanor said except for the ice bridge,” Erik explained, but Bryon hadn’t a clue what he was talking about.

“Ice bridge …” Bryon began to say, but Erik cut him off.

“Yora,” Erik said, turning around, “there is a place I need to go, somewhere in these mountains I need help finding.”

Yora gave a short, quiet laugh.

“Where, in these mountains, could you possibly want to go?”

“Do you know of an ice bridge?” Erik asked.

Yora’s smile faded.

“You don’t want to go there,” she said.

“I must,” Erik replied.

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