Time For Another Excerpt - Dragon Eye

Dear Shell,

This excerpt is near the end of the book, at the start of the final battle.

“So we meet again.” her voice was musical, almost mesmerizing. She crossed over to the doorway leading to the parlor. “Come, relax.” She beckoned them to follow her.

Nyissa glanced at Airisti, then Dakther, before turning to follow the sorceress into the parlor.

“Sit.” The command came from the shadows near the hearth.

Nyissa crossed the parlor and sat carefully on the edge of a chair. Dakther and Airisti stood to each side of the chair, their gazes fixed on Bessiyra.

“I have been struggling with the decision of how to deal with the three of you. I cannot let my brother get his hands on you. That is his wish, you know, to have control of you and the dragon.” her eyes skimmed over Nyissa’s face, flitted to Airisti then back. “Only he is under the impression that Airisti is the dragon.”

Airisti sighed, “All of this is fascinating, really it is, but all the same we are tired of dealing with your childish games, Bess.”

Bessiyra’s gray eyes grew stormy, “My name is Bessiyra, not Bess. Not that you’ll need to remember it. I have decided your fate. You die tonight.”

“I don’t think so, Bess.” Airisti sneered. “It is the three of us against you. Nyissa has accepted the dragon, she is stronger than you could even imagine.”

A slight smile appeared on Bessiyra’s face as she rose from her seat. “Three against one? Yes, that would be disturbing odds for me. But lucky for me, I am not alone.” She waved her hand, the enchantment and the fortress faded away.

Nyissa felt the chair beneath her moving and shifting, it became a cold, hard boulder beneath her. The rasp of swords being drawn from their scabbards could be heard all around them.

I hope you enjoyed it,
Shell