The Keeper Chronicles: The Complete Trilogy by JA Andrews

Author:JA Andrews [Andrews, JA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

A low rumble shook the tunnel walls. Will's heart pounded, thrumming down even into his fingers as he ran. His eyes stretched open in the blackness, aching for some light, flickering from one formless bit of black to another.

Talen perched on his glove, still calm, but Will curled his fist closer to his body, afraid he might crash the bird into some unexpected rock. There were no unexpected rocks, though. The tunnel had the finished sort of feel that came from dwarven skill, as if any irregularity in the wall was a decision of style. The floor beneath his feet sloped gently downwards.

“Not far.” Douglon’s words echoed from behind. “There’s an outpost just ahead.”

Another resonant crack of splitting stone sent a shiver through the walls, but weaker than the last, farther behind him. Proof that they were making some progress in the black.

A dragon. Killien had sent a dragon after him.

A dim burnt-orange glow outlined Sora, and a flicker of fear shot into Will that it was dragon fire, before he realized it was only glimmer moss. Will’s eyes latched onto the light and he stood straighter, seeing the vague outline of the arched tunnel.

In half a dozen steps it opened up into a wide cavern too much like a room to be called a cavern. It was domed, rising smoothly to a wide medallion carved out of the rock in the center of the ceiling. Shelves lined one wall, stocked with small crates and casks. A long table filled the middle of the room. Three maps were set out along the middle, their corners pinned by smooth black rocks. A trickling noise echoed around the room and the mosslight caught on a thin line of water sparkling down the far wall. Piles of sleeping furs were rolled against another wall.

Patlon leaned against the table watching everyone run in. Rass sat huddled next to him, looking like a little snip of grass that had gotten terribly lost. Alaric wrapped his arm around Evangeline, a bit off to the side. The naturalness of it was almost more jarring than the fact Alaric had a wife. Sora walked along the shelves, looking at the supplies. Hal stood over near the bedrolls, his hands still tied behind his back,.

Douglon jogged into the room. “How often are you Keepers attacked by dragons?”

“Before this one it had been a hundred and twelve years since any Keeper saw a dragon,” Alaric protested.

“This is the second one in a matter of weeks.” Douglon dropped his axe on the table with a crash. “And that feels too often to me.”

“But this was the same dragon as the last one.”

Douglon shook his head. “It tried to kill me twice. Counts as two. You Keepers should focus a little of your study time on how to fight them. Because you’re useless.”

“It’s a dragon!” Alaric said. “Everyone is useless against a dragon.”

“Not everyone,” Douglon said.

“I think you only get to count one,” Evangeline said. “This dragon wasn’t trying to kill you.

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