The Draykon Series by Charlotte E. English

Author:Charlotte E. English
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, adventure, mystery, dragons, shapeshifter, high fantasy
Publisher: Charlotte E. English

The seventeenth building on Astendre Wharf was tall, narrow and squashed haphazardly between two much larger warehouses. No windows adorned the front, so he couldn’t immediately tell whether the building was occupied.

He paused to check the position of his weapons. He had given up carrying them for a time; having learnt about the tracer, he’d felt such hopelessness about his situation that he’d lost faith in his ability to control his own fate. But he shouldn’t have allowed those events to affect him that way. His daggers, sometimes so repulsive to his essentially pacifistic nature, now imparted a feeling of confidence that he hadn’t felt in some time.

He jogged down the street, darted through the first alley he found and circled around to the back of the buildings. He had opted to go at night in the hopes of finding the area deserted, and so far he was in luck.

The darkness, though, was a problem. Heavy clouds covered the sky, hiding the light of the moon, and this part of Draetre wasn’t worth the trouble of lighting at night. It took him a few minutes to find his way to the rear door of building number seventeen.

It was, as he expected, firmly locked. Far from feeling discouraged, he felt a thrill of anticipation. Something important was here; no sense in using locks otherwise.

He hadn’t picked a lock in at least a year, but the skill hadn’t faded. He had it open inside a minute. He entered, moving with soft, silent steps into the building.

The interior was so dark he could see nothing at all. With an inward curse, he fished a small, portable light-globe from the pack he carried. He had no wish to draw attention to his presence, but he could investigate nothing without light. He activated it with a swift thought, dampening its radiance down to a gentle flicker of white light. It was just enough to illuminate his surroundings, but it wouldn’t carry far. Or so he hoped.

His heart sank on finding himself standing in nothing but a cramped and empty antechamber. Ahead of him loomed another door, bigger and no doubt much more securely locked. He released the globe, guiding it to hover a few inches above his head, and set to work.

Half an hour later, tense and sweating, Devary finally found his way through the maddening door. No less than three locks secured the portal, two of which were operated by codes rather than keys. More evidence that something here was not intended for general access.

The building was bigger than it had appeared from the outside. A long hall stretched before him, and he guessed that three more storeys of similar size rose above. The room in which he stood was furnished with benches set at regular intervals, each spacious and, he guessed, well-lit when they were in use. The exterior looked ramshackle, but the interior had the polished air of a professional setup.

All of the benches bore clusters of objects. Devary bent over the first, drawing his light-globe down close to the surface.

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