Hordesmen: The Wisdom of Dragons #4 by Vickie Knestaut & Danny Knestaut

Author:Vickie Knestaut & Danny Knestaut [Knestaut, Vickie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: BL Books
Published: 2021-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Rius lowered her nose and sniffed noisily at the sack in Tyber’s hands. A smile spread across his face as he watched the dragon’s intense study of his efforts to undo the sack’s knot.

“Are you going to feed her the smoked meat?” Ren asked.

Tyber looked over his shoulder. “She doesn’t really seem to mind it.”

“Yeah, like I don’t seem to mind Palacar’s gruel, only because I can’t get anything better to eat. The cattle girls will be bringing steaks around anytime.”

As Tyber opened the sack, Rius flashed her tongue inside, then plunged her nose after it, knocking the bag from Tyber’s hand.

“Rius!”

Ren laughed. “Bad dragon. Bad!”

Tyber patted Rius on the crown of her head. “That’s fine. Let me get it.”

“So what happened today?” Ren asked as Tyber crouched.

Tyber scooped up the sack of smoked meat. “What do you mean? You were involved, weren’t you? Didn’t you go after the riders on the left?”

Ren shrugged, looking back to the caravan briefly. “Not exactly. Precision flying isn’t Maybelle’s strong suit. I flew over, but I was kind of there to hem everyone in. But you, man, I saw that move. Looked like you were going to land Rius right on top of that guy’s head!”

Tyber stood, fishing a piece of meat from the sack. He held it out for Rius, who snatched it in her jaws, lifted her head, and swallowed it down.

Tyber shrugged. “There’s not much to tell. I didn’t mean to knock him off his horse. I just meant to scare him. Drive him away. That’s what Ander ordered.”

“Fine,” Ren said with a shrug. “But what about Hewart and his goons? I saw it from the air. You drew your sword. And I didn’t see you hold it against the wolf.”

Tyber looked back to the feed sack as Rius tried to stick her nose in. He touched the top of her muzzle as it passed, and she froze, blinking her great eyes as she continued to stare at the sack.

“Hungry today, are you?” Tyber pulled another piece out for her. As she took it and swallowed, he thought of Wanlin’s face, the sharp hunger in it. After he and Rius returned to the air, he watched as the mercenary took Wanlin to the rear of the caravan, still bound and tossed over the back of the horse. The next time Tyber swung around the back of the caravan, he saw Wanlin there, limping, his hands bound before him with a rope tied to the dung cart that marked the very end of the caravan. At no point during the day, as he and Rius sailed around the rear, did he see anyone approach and offer water or food.

“Wow.” Ren stepped forward. “It must have been intense if you are ignoring me now. But I knew that when I saw you pull the feed sack out there. You don’t want anything more to do with Hewart and his people, am I right?”

Tyber offered Rius another piece of meat. “I have my orders.

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