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"Do you kno many battles I’ve been in? How many times a healer has worked on me? Sometimes they leave scars, sometimes they don’t Besides"--she planted her elbow and propped her chin in her pal to older warriors talk about all their scars Co What’s the purpose? All that matters to me is that I’m still here with all me important bits"

Éibhear chuckled "Now you sound like Ghleanna"

"She taught ave us all battlefield lessons Although I think Aunt Ghleanna stopped talking to reater hopes for rave;-runach serve a purpose, it’s not for Ghleanna to question Besides, from what I’ve seen so far, there’s no sharave;-runach aions?"

"Of course not We don’t need a gang of crazed warriors charging into battle with nothing e and a couple of swords"

"And why’s that?"

"Because we have Annwyl She is our Mì-runach, we need no other"

Laughing out loud, Éibhear rolled to his back, Izzy joining hih and talk and fk until the suns went down and they could start their journey again

Chapter 32

For three nights they traveled and slept during the day The third night when they couldn’t find a cave, Éibhear used his wings to cover Izzy and that stupid dog

Although he was grateful for his protective scales, he was even happier that he had his fur cape in his travel bag He didn’t etting into the crevices between his scales Before they took flight each night, Izzy would have to help hi and he just willed hi in the other places

Most Southland dragons who came to the Desert Lands--and there were many who loved it here--didn’t travel this way Usually, they brought protective tents to set up each day But the tents their group had originally brought with them were back with their stabled horses near the salt mines Éibhear had no idea how much he’d wish he still had them

Still, it could be worse He had his cape, the heat wasn’t destroying his will to live, and he had Izzy Her constant chatter during the flightsto hi, but at least it see flights and barked warnings during the day when they were sleeping Of course er birds that were all over these lands But once they realized that the dragon carcass lying under the hot desert suns wasn’t dead, they quickly flew off It was still nice, though, to know the dog had so

Waking up just as the suns set, Éibhear lifted his wings carefully off a still-sleeping Izzy before he sat up and stretched