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CHAPTER FIVE
Touche
For better or worse, the only thing ons themselves, so Christian found himself raised in a time where his very specialized skills were nearly obsolete He still carried around his neck the faonsbane At the moment it looked like a tiny but intricate knife But in his hands it could take any shape he required I’d tried for years to get the details of what power a slayer held over dragons, and what power the blade specifically held, but he kept his ancestor’s secrets hidden well for the otten drunk and tolddragons That’s when I’d known that a drunk Christian was no place to get infor lived, were not immortal A five hundred year lifespan isn’t a bad deal either, though And if they could get their hands on soon’s blood to drink, the possibilities were endless
Christian hi slayer We’d never talked about it, but I didn’t think he was older than his forties He didn’t look it, of course He kneas older than him, but the actual truth would have shocked him He had always assumed Lynn and I were exceptionally powerful fire sorcerers I encouraged the assumption Some secrets are best kept even from the closest of friends Our friendship with Christian, for obvious reasons, unquestionably required it
We began to fight in earnest I did pretty well, all things considered, but I could tell he was taking it easy on me
"You know, you can hardly complain," he panted at me He was across the room, since I had thrown him there "If ere to compare notes on who has taken more shit froave me a half smile to soften the blow, but it still landed solidly
"Touché," I said softly, stung It was very true When I had left Doo, Christian had been tortured for infor to them, and he’d known plenty "I did tell you to lay low for awhile" I tried to sound lighthearted, but didn’tover it, but I wasn’t
He shrugged "I’m not scared of the druids Actually, the bastards had the nerve to contact et round while my mind worked the rao I guess they suspect that the necros have recruited a fe created Others to their cause Saled hard, but couldn’t budge hih he didn’t even notice e-old debate between the Born and the Created Sounds as if hostilities have escalated, though Druids are putting together a team to move in on one of the necro settleonna make an example They wanted to know if I wanted in on the action Cheeky blokes They thought I’d be tee of an all out brawl"
"Does kind of sound like a good tiht so I agreed to help the our session
"Ok, lift ’s over for today"
I made our usual after workout shakes He didn’t notice when I put a drop of lass How crazy do you have to be to feed your blood to the only thing on earth that can kill you, in order to prolong it’s life, and lasses to the table, handing hirab some napkins, and as I turned back, I would have sworn he was checking outout my ass?" I was a little baffled that I even had to ask
"Yes" He took a drink of my less than tasty concoction
I wrinkledat my chest now "It still just baffles me, even after all these years Looks-wise, you’re reed dryly
He shrugged "But there is no attraction Zero I guess I’ll just never understand it There are women I know, that I can’t stand to talk to, that aren’t half as good-looking as you, and I’d still screw ‘em What the bloody hell? You know, it would be convenient, if we could like each other like that They say good friends , and couldn’t stop for a solid five"Just think of us as blood relations," I explained to hiical answer to the question he was asking, but I’d never be the one to tell hi It just ain’t right, so leave it at that"
His sardonic look toldwith roaned "It’s aturned us in for a reward to the druids She told them about our shop Those two showed up, as shocked to see me as I was to see them I let them work me over"
He looked about as surprised as I’d ever seen him "The bastards actually fell for that?" he sputtered, half choking back a laugh It never took Christian long to figure out a punch line Well…alonna kill the such idiots"