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All orcs are born with one gift, one area where they could achieve absolute perfection. Ed was the most lethal mortal thing I’d ever seen at hand-to-hand combat. Each orc was the best at one particular thing, but how could they know for sure if they never tested it? Orcs needed challenges, and Edward had finally found one worthy.
Edward turned around, drew his swords, and faced the onrushing nightmare dragon.
Surprisingly enough, it came to a grinding halt, tilting its massive head quizzically. Having a single tiny creature stand up to it with nothing more than a few sharpened pieces of metal was unexpected.
The Nachtmar had no idea what it was getting into…
The brave orc gave me one last look through the window. Go.
I wouldn’t fail him.
Chapter 24
Chapter 24
I ran through the darkened hall. My brother’s memories had been clear. I had a good general idea of what part of the building he had last been in. My biggest hindrances to finding him were the typical, stupidly confusing layout of most casinos, the fact that the power was out so I had to navigate by flashlight, my leg was fragged, and the fact that I didn’t know if they’d still be in the same place. Mosh and Holly might already dead.
They’re alive. Edward’s alive too. He’s too fast to die. Not like that.
I had heard the dragon’s roar and felt the vibrations of their battle for quite some time. He’d slowed it. Maybe even stopped it, because nothing had come after me. Yet.
I’d found the right part of the building, the offices of the evacuated casino. I recognized the frosted glass of the cubicle area where Mosh and Holly had kidnapped Dr. Blish. Nightmare fog covered six inches of the floor. It was freezing cold. My leg hurt so bad that it had moved into a whole new territory of pain. So I had put the pain in a drawer in my brain and shut it. Something was torn in there, I knew it, but I could still move relatively quickly and I could still put weight on it, so screw it. Lee would be in a leg brace for the rest of his life because of me, and I’d never once heard him complain about it.