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“Don’t anger me, brother We serve the Queen—without question, without delay Now get off your fat ass and let’s get going”

Knowing quite well that his ass was perfect, Addolgar was getting ready to argue, for no other reason than to annoy his brother, when Ghleanna cleared her throat andtoward them, all of them poorly armed with pitchforks and rusty swords and pikes

“I’ll handle—” Bercelak began, but Ghleanna quickly stepped in front of him

“No,” she told him “You’ll keep your mouth shut”

The humans quickly crossed the open field until they reached the in front of Ghleanna “Did ya see hion?”

Ghleanna nodded “We have troops searching for the bastard now We’ll find him And we’ll kill him”

“He destroyed my cattle!” one of the men yelled “Look at this!”

They did All those bones, sucked clean of ar had eaten but at least half He’d been hungry, though Very hungry

“That bastard,” Ghleanna snarled “We’ll wipe the land of him, I promise you that”

The hu with him then?” the leader asked

“Hewas attacked by that dragon” Ghleanna nodded at Addolgar

With a sigh and a barely suppressed eye roll, Addolgar raised his ar to death from the attack” All that cow’s blood smeared over his huon when the blood had splattered, the hu hi, he’d shifted to huainst a sturdy tree and his long hus stretched out in front of him

One of the huar and asked, “Why’s he naked?”

The three of them blinked and then Bercelak lied, “Because it’ll be easier to carry his dead body back to the troops with no armor”

“Won’t he need his armor for the funeral?” asked another curious human

Addolgar and Ghleanna looked at Bercelak, waiting to see what their younger brother would come up with next

“Uhyes You’re right, of course U him of any honor at his death”

“But he’s still alive,” said a horrified woman

That’s when Addolgar bit the inside of histo coh