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...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 27: Disobedience
Carnoc didn't regret his actions the next morning, even though his whole body ached and it hurt to walk--lingering effects of what Simon had done to him the night before. Vical was not in the cave when he awoke, though there was a platter of beef...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 20: Welcome to Canada
Sean, flying his jet ahead of the clan of dragons, saw the border first. Vallen caught sight of it a moment later, peering ahead and trying to see if there were any holes in the massive laser barrier despite the window of opportunity their...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 26: Intervention
"Good afternoon and welcome to Geneva Today, your source for all the latest government news and rumors from the UN capital. I'm your host, Elisabeth Wyss. Once again, our top story of the day is the Free Dragons debate. Every day this movement grows...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 25: Enemies
"Wake up, Carnoc." Carnoc groaned reluctantly and tried to roll over, only to realize that he couldn't move. There was something soft beneath him, which he was pinned to by a number of tight but flexible restraints, and there was a...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 24: Back to Humanity
"I can't remember the last time I slept that well," Carnoc laughed, looking over at his father. "It was... Well, it wasn't _too_ far beyond what I expected it to be, but that didn't make it any less tiring." "Of...
Warrior's Blood, Chapter 23: Three Days
Three days didn't seem like much time to a pair of mating dragons, but to a human sitting in the clan cave with nothing to do it was an eternity. Dave glanced out at the sky; he needed to have something to occupy his time, too, or he knew...