Аннотация
The Captive Flame
Richard Lee Byers
Prologue
12 ELEINT, THE YEAR OF THE DARK CIRCLE (1478 DR) -14 HAMMER, THE YEAR OF THE AGELESS ONE (1479 DR)
Ananta woke. From a nightmare, surely, although nothing remained of it but a choking sense of dread. Heart pounding, she took a deep breath and looked around the dark cave.
Two luminous red eyes looked back from the entrance.
The body in which they were set was big enough to fill the space and occlude the night sky behind it. Rattled as she was, Ananta had to remind herself that the newcomer’s hugeness wasn’t cause for alarm. To the contrary. It likely meant the creature belonged in this place.
She rose and bowed. “Hail, my lord.”
“Good evening.” The dragon’s sibilant voice was surprisingly soft for something so huge, virtually a whisper, and to her surprise, she’d never heard it before. “Do you live here all alone? I couldn’t sniff out anyone else.”
“I’m the only guardian, yes.”
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