Order Of The Dragon (Omnibus 1-4) by Jason Halstead

Author:Jason Halstead [Halstead, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Novel Concept Publishing LLC
Published: 2014-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

"Were you serious?" Patrina asked the barbarian as they walked down the passage.

Garrick turned and let her see his furrowed brow.

"The girl. You said her name was Kendall?"

Garrick shrugged. "She was nice. Strong in body, mind, and heart."

Patrina waited until she was sure the northerner would say no more before she said, "I wish I could have met her."

"I’m glad you didn’t," he said with a ghost of a smile. "She had enough troubling ideas of her own."

Patrina laughed. "Are you saying I’d be a bad influence?"

"Be silent," Taroak called back to them. "We’re almost there!"

Garrick offered Patrina a shrug and then reached for the sword on his back. Patrina smiled as she pulled her own axe into her hands and made ready for what lay ahead.

"This is new," Mordrim said a few minutes later when they were stopped by a heavy iron and wood door that spanned the tunnel.

"The king didn’t want nobody going in there," Taroak said. "Just like he didn’t want nothing come out of it."

"You guys notice we’re back to normal?" Carson asked.

Taroak glanced at him and then looked at the others. His gaze rested on Mordrim, asking the question without saying the words.

"Hopefully no worse for wear," Kar said. "Might want to head back and take that lovely dwarven lady up on her offer for supper."

Mordrim sighed. "Was a touch of magic to get us here quick," he explained to his brother. "We wasn’t sure when it would wear off."

Taroak frowned and turned back to the door. "I’ll open the door for you, but I won’t go no farther. It’s to be locked behind you, too."

"How do we get out?" Alto asked.

"I’ll return every day about the same time for a week. If you’re not out by then, you won’t be leaving," he said. "Truth be told, if you’re not out in a day, you’ll never see the light of day again. Speaking of light, leave your torches here."

"Is it that bad in there?" Alto asked as he dipped his torch into a bucket filled with dark water. "You said it was beautiful."

He shrugged and glanced at Mordrim before turning back to the door and pulling out a key from beneath his shirt. "Watch out for the snakes," he said as the lock clicked. Taroak twisted a bar, unclasping two thick steel arms from one another. He spun them away and then pulled out a secondary locking bar before pulling the door open.

Mordrim met Alto’s gaze and motioned for the man to go in. Alto nodded and led the others in, stopping at the edge of Taroak’s torchlight. Mordrim turned to his brother and stared at him. "It was good to see you," Mordrim offered.

Taroak sighed and glanced back up the tunnel. "Funny how things change."

"I’m not laughing."

Taroak’s expression stayed somber. "I used to catch her staring into space at times. She was thinking, and I feared she was thinking about what might have been. I was afraid what might happen if you ever came back.

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