The Witch's Demand - Part One
"Welcome to your new home," the young witch Helena said, gesturing at the stone walls that surrounded her and her... guest. "I expect you'll find it more comfortable than your previous one." "My cell, you mean," the room's other occupant growled,...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 38 of 38: The Egg
"So what am I supposed to do about it?" Nesleh shuffled his good wing. "I don't know, son, they just said something about getting a psychologist. They said they have to act quickly so you don't have any more attacks like that, but I think you just...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 37: Back To The Light
Everything was dark, and everything hurt. He could hear snatches of screaming, roars, a crackling fire... Then it all faded into a far-off rumble. He thought he felt himself falling, but he couldn't be sure, and he couldn't feel any wind rushing past...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 36: Beggar
"All right, so that's what we'll do. You two get that muzzle on him, but be careful; he's far from broken." Carnoc growled as two of Marco's assistants approached him, holding a muzzle between them that looked a lot like the muzzle Simon had forced...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 35: Sweet Revenge
"Yes, the dragon on deck seems to know who you are. He said both your name and Simon's." Dave frowned and glared up at the ceiling of the hangar. "Well, I guess we should have expected something like that to happen, but as long as he doesn't ever...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 34: The Ruling
Carnoc had trouble sleeping the night before his return to court; he couldn't shift his body at all, but he tucked his head against one side of his body, then the other, then laid his neck out straight... Nothing, it seemed, could get him comfortable,...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 33: Pleading His Case
They didn't mention until he arrived that they'd be knocking him out again, but Carnoc was glad for it--he didn't want to see them setting up his "waste disposal system," and he didn't really want to have any idea what it looked like either. But he...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 32: Letter and Spirit
"Careful, not too much... We don't want to bring him up too quickly or he'll panic before we explain everything. There, that's it. And... He's awake. Now hold that rate constant until I tell you to, then cut the flow." Carnoc groaned weakly. He...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 31: Captivity
Carnoc's days at the zoo turned to weeks, and the weeks turned to months. At first he'd actually been excited to fly at night because of the end of Simon's harsh treatment, but the routine of getting up to eat, drink and exercise in the tiny pen didn't...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 30: Some Progress
Sean sighed and put aside the newspaper-feed; nothing about dragons or their movement, again. It had been months now, and while initial interest in the Free Dragons Movement had been strong, support was now moving past its peak. The news programs...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 29: Correspondence
The night Simon had been sent away seemed wonderful despite all the terrible things that had happened at its beginning and the lingering effects of those events. Carnoc's muscles burned whenever he moved because of the shocks Simon had given him and...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 28: The Proposition
Carnoc did his best to stay awake for the whole day, though he nodded off twice before Vical returned to the cave to nudge him awake again. But simply being awake during the day caused new problems: all day he could hear the humans outside as they...