Windbreak: Gryphon Riders Book Three (Gryphon Riders Trilogy 3) by Derek Alan Siddoway

Author:Derek Alan Siddoway [Siddoway, Derek Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult fantasy, coming of age fantasy, epic fantasy, dragons, gryphons, griffins
Publisher: Derek Alan Siddoway
Published: 2017-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Behind them, the Scrawl woman cursed and pointed a finger at one of the rune markings on Sigrid’s forehead. “What have you and this Bersi brought upon us?”

Sigrid’s eyes narrowed and her nostrils flared. Eva recognized the look on her friend’s face and blocked Sigrid’s view of the Scrawl woman before they were fighting Scrawls in addition to Juarag and Smelterborn.

“How many are there?” Eva asked, forcing Sigrid to meet her eyes. She glanced at the Scrawl woman, half-expecting her head to be torched by a fireball.

“Too many,” Sigrid said. “While you were gone, I thought I’d scout out ahead — Soot couldn’t remember which river it was we needed to follow — that’s when I saw them. At least a dozen Smelterborn — and I’m guessing these ones are fresh from Palantis — plus a score of Juarag, all on sabercats.”

“Begone from here, fight your battles elsewhere!” the Scrawl woman shouted raising both hands, which glowed with rising flames. “My clan wants no part of this!”

“The ones we knew about are heading this way too,” Sigrid said, lowering her voice so only Eva could hear her. “No way they’ll pass by this bunch — the pickings are too easy. If this witch doesn’t want us here then I say we leave. We can evade both parties if we swing farther south, but we have to leave now.”

Eva looked at the Scrawl’s camp on the edge of the meadow. The rest of the clan watching the proceedings seemed to include only a dozen men and women in their prime. The majority consisted of old ones and young children. A brief image of sabercats and Smelterborn tearing through the camp made up Eva’s mind.

“We brought them here,” she said. “ Even if we’re not welcome, I’m not going to leave these people to be slaughtered because of us.”

“Forget them,” Sigrid hissed fighting to keep her voice down. “We’re the ones that will be slaughtered!”

Eva shook her head. “I can’t.”

“Then go and get yourself killed for these ungrateful savages, but I won’t!” Sigrid balled her hands into fists and stalked off toward Sven. She made it all the way to the gray gryphon’s side before letting out a roar and hurtling her favorite ax into the soft ground.

“Tempest take you, Eva,” she said, followed by a string of more severe profanities. “You’re going to be the death of me.”

“The Bersi is right,” the Scrawl woman said and spat again at their feet. “We do not need your help!”

“They will kill you all,” Eva said. “Together, we can defeat them. Apart, we may both die.”

The woman sneered and spun around to return to her camp but the man Rhys grabbed her shoulder. They spoke in hushed, angry tones too quiet to overhear for several moments. At last, the woman turned to the gryphon riders, still scowling.

“I do not like it, but Rhys is correct,” she said, forcing each word out like it was poison. “We are together in this, like it or not.

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