![]() She clamped and locked her jaws to contain the liquid, releasing it only as a thin, powerful stream of clay, bile and saliva tinged with venom. Shuddering down her full length, she opened her jaws wide, strained, gagged, and then met with success. Her fleshy mane stood out all around her throat in a toxic, quivering ruff. Working the muscles in her throat, she felt her poison sacs swell. She had lost count of how many gulps of the grainy soup she had ingested when finally she felt the ancient reflex trigger. It was gritty and cold and strangely delicious. She threw her great head back and gulped it down. She scooped her jaws into the immense trough and came up with a mouthful of silver-streaked clay and river water. There was nothing she could do about that except to work more swiftly. The air was too cold and her gills were drying out too quickly. The mudbank under her coiled length was hard and abrasive. Winter was closing in on this densely forested land beside the chill river. She was far from Other's Island's hot dry sand and balmy waters now. She had not felt dry land under her body since she had hatched on Other's Island. It had been years since she had been completely out of the water. It was hard for the sea serpent to focus her thoughts. Sisarqua opened her jaws and bent her neck. Erek PROLOGUE Serpents' End They had come so far, yet now that she was here, the years of journeying were already fading in her mind, giv/ing way to the desperate needs of the present. I do not know that Bingtown will survive this invasion, dragon or no. If Bingtown falls, treat him well and keep him. Please keep him safe there and do not return him until we know that all is well. ![]() 'You know I raised him from a squab by hand after his parents died. 'I'm sending Kingsly as one of the messenger birds tonight. My bird coop scorched in the fires the invaders set, many of my birds dead from smoke. ![]() Detozi, ' A brief message of my own, penned in haste in a very small space, All is chaos here. Please dispatch a bird as soon as possible to confirm receipt of this message. We are to aid her serpents in traveling up the Rain Wild river in exchange for her assistance with defending the Trader cities and waterways against the Chalcedean invaders. They sum up the format agreement between the Traders and the Dragon. Trader Devouchet, feader of the Bingtown Traders' Council, suggested that duplicates he sent. Merithyn) Basic proofing by DragonAshe Current e-book version: 1.0 -Book Information: Genre: Fantasy Author: Robin Hobb Title: The Dragon Keeper Series: The Rain Wild Chronicles 01 -…have a great time reading the book.and if you like the book.go BUY it!!!! Support the Author!!! Day the 2nd of the Plough Moon Year the 6th of the Reign of the Most Noble and Magnificent Satrap Cosgo From Erek, Keeper of the Birds, Bingtown to Detozi, Keeper of the Birds, Trehaug This night have dispatched to you four birds, hearing in two parts our agreement with the Dragon Tintagfia, to he ratified by the Rain Wild Council.
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