WarMage: Unexpected (The Never Ending War Book 1) by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Carr, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Raven kicked up dust as she walked back to her grandfather’s ranch. Her vision was fuzzy, and her knee reminded her of her acrobatics with every step, pinging with pain. She tried not to aggravate the dozens of bumps and bruises all over her body. Her sore ribs were compounding things, making it difficult to take deep breaths.

“Another typical day,” she murmured. She brushed her hair out of her face, smudging dirt across her forehead, and kept moving. “I’m not sure I have this fight in me.” She gazed at the stars, wincing at the soreness as she shut her eyes. I know what it’s like to soar on the back of a dragon. You can do this, Raven. Tears rolled down her cheeks. One more day. “I can do this. Oof, I hope I can do this.”

Raven made it the few miles between the ranches and walked through the Alby iron gate and onto the ranch.

All I want to do is sleep.

She perked up when she noticed Mick sitting on a bench outside his cabin, looking at the sky and scraping mud off his boots. She stumbled over to him, doing her best to smile.

“Mick, how’s the ranch holding up after all that rain?” she asked as she approached.

The ranch hand took his eyes off the sky and smiled at the girl. “Hey, Raven. It’s not so bad. At least it stopped for a bit this afternoon. Going to be great for all the harvesting we gotta do.”

Raven sat next to him on the bench. She winced at the strong stench of alcohol that wafted off him. “Little early to be digging into the drinking. Stars are just coming out.”

Mick stifled a burp and lifted his right pant leg to reveal a neat row of stitches sewn into his skin, running up the side of his calf. “I caught my pant leg on a harvester this afternoon. Was careless, trying to make up for lost time. Did those myself with a little needle and thread. Momma would be proud. That there’s a blanket stitch. Keeps all the insides where they belong.”

“Son of a…” Raven leaned over to inspect it. “Must hurt like a mother.”

“Oh, yeah. It’s good to keep myself medicated, so to speak, and it’s working after a fashion. It’s got a mighty sting to it. Feels like a thousand splinters, but I bet it would be a lot worse if I didn’t have the ‘shine.” He took a better look at her. “You look a little worse for the wear yourself. What trouble have you been getting into?”

“I tried to take a dragon for a walk.”

Mick let out a laugh despite the pain, wincing as his shoulders lifted. “You are a pistol, Raven Alby. One for the ages! Oooh, got to keep that leg still.”

She sighed, lacing her fingers together. “Mick, you know if I could, I’d go get you a healing spell right now, and…”

He waved it off, taking in a deep breath and letting it out.

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