Afore the Bells

I walked back to the Wynd wondering if my day could get worse. And, like all bad days, it did. There was still almost a Watch before the Turning Tide that would take me beyond the Cove. Even were we not aflounder here at Corimar, I needed time to get things done.

I had barely boarded when I heard a low voice hail me from the shadows. The volume of his voice did not mask the fear and concern I heard. The figure that approached clutched his side where he was bleeding. And however far he had come his cloak was soaked in blood from the wound.

My half-brother, Rejik fell forward and grasped my hands, leaving them streaked in his swiftly cooling blood. The fact that his blood was beginning to cool had me worried. Why hadn't he healed?

"Reshara, Helatin Adara, Reshara."

I ignored the fact that he told me to 'fly away' in favor of finding out what had happened to his wife and children. He had said that the dragons were 'foreward,' by that I took it to mean that they had advanced banner against his house. My heart pounded. Few survived such an attack. "Delia and the kids?"

He held out the satchel. "Ruha."

"I'm sorry." I took the pack and gently opened it to check on the three eggs that were nestled inside. "What happened?"