![]() ![]() The blood was still welling sluggishly from beneath the dressing, thick enough to slightly part the bandages one from the other, glistening and black. Laurence thrust Rankin forward and down onto his knees, none too gently Rankin gasped and clutched at his thigh, but he said, “Yes, I am here.” He looked up at Laurence and swallowed, then added awkwardly, “You have been very brave.” There was nothing natural or sincere in the tone it was as ungraceful as could be imagined.īut Levitas only said, very softly, “You came.” He licked at a few drops of water at the corner of his mouth. Levitas’s eyes opened, but they were milky and blind. He looked at Rankin without bothering to hide his contempt, but then he bent over and said, “Levitas, come along now look who’s come.” “Hollin was still sitting with Levitas’s head in his lap, a bucket now beside him he was squeezing water from a clean cloth into the dragon’s open mouth. ![]()
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