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Rodrigo flashed hirowl possessively He fully suspected the king of the Ice Dragons knew exactly what he was doing and was enjoying pushing Baldewin’s buttons
“We are not holding you to any promises You do not speak for those people Only yourself” Rodrigo paused and spread both his hands before him “I will not lie and say we don’t hope to find at least a couple ofour people, but the ti Alric has already been incredibly fruitful for both of our clans If I e, I do not see this trip as a loss We have gained knowledge, and that will lead us to finding ons”
Rodrigo ht be a bit of a playboy, but he was clearly a wise leader Soht on Tori’s chest lifted, and he didn’t miss that even Alric seemed to breathe a little easier From the corner of his eye, Cameron’s expression appeared to twinkle with new amusement He’d noticed Alric’s relief as well
“While all that is true, ould be remiss if we didn’t at least try to speak with the Taavi Clan If we could provide theesfor,” Gunter added “Even if we fail on our first atteue with them”
“And they also need to know about the probleht not listen to us, but they must be warned Their people can’t be left vulnerable to attack”
Sighing, Tori found hireee burned to the ground, he knew that wasn’t fair The ht in front of him was a stark reminder of what could happen to his own parents or other people he’d grown up with
“Yes, we must speak with aze to Baldewin and then Alric “The best way to do that is withAs insane as it sounds, the best way to approach theet the to need proof Not just some posts on the internet”
“How about journals?” Gunter quickly inquired “I have old journals froe clans Three from leaders of major clans that were exteri into jealous madness after he was put aside Would that work?”
Ravi cackled “Are you seriously offering to allow those precious books to leave your dungeon?”
“Obviously I would be acco the books to make sure they were properly cared for and protected,” Gunter snapped at the sht had a shed harder
“I think the journals would be very convincing once we got them to look them over,” Tori replied when he was sure he could do it without laughing
Rodrigo clapped his hands together and rubbed theht with aather up these books and fly to Finland—”
“No flying,” Tori interrupted sharply
The ice dragon looked at him with utter confusion, as if the translation spell had suddenly stopped working “No flying?”
“Uh-uh Nope Not gonna happen Not again This e”—he pressed his thuround”
Rodrigo chuckled and waved a dismissive hand at him “Oh, don’t worry We can fix that”
Tori did not trust that Nor did he particularly care for the speculative look that had entered Alric’s eyes
The soup course was taken away, and the ht in Conversation at the table moved in relaxed waves There were many more questions about the Taavi Clan, but many of the people wanted to know row up so far north in Finland
Talk rated from the cold of northern Russia to the warood at waxing poetic about surfing and lying out on the hot sand under the sun
Only when the dessert course was served did Tori realize he’d spent the past severalwildly as he described the little dwarves he and Baldewin had uncovered in Poland At soh to release the dragon frorip he’d had on his hand