Dragonheart Core - Chapter 93: To The Victor

... ittered in ancient carvings from the Dead War, its blue-black surface seemingly drinking in the surrounding light and raising the hairs on the back of his neck, it was the last barrier between him and the Dread Pirate. The last moment to rest before he had to explain himself.

His back ached and his eyes hung heavy and wished to close; it had been… hm. Days, perhaps, since he had last slept; there had been information to gather, prisoners to secure, oath-bonds to force from Gon?al, Callic ...