Heirs Of The Dragon / Season 1, Episode 7
Shattered Scales
Episode 7: Shattered Scales Blood sprayed across the jagged stone as Talvyn drove his blade through the nearest attacker’s throat, the man’s gurgling cry swallowed by the roar of chaos in the gorge. The air stank of iron and sweat, thick with dust kicked up by scrambling boots and the thrashing of something monstrous in the shadows. His heart slammed against his ribs, each beat a war drum as he yanked his sword free, spinning to face the next threat. Around him, his men shouted, cursed, and died—steel clashing, bones snapping, screams cut short. The thing that had erupted from the gorge wall loomed somewhere in the haze, its shape unnatural, a mass of writhing darkness that seemed to drink the dim light filtering through the canyon. “Hold the line!” Talvyn bellowed, his voice raw, scraping against the back of his throat. He couldn’t see Loryn or Kaeryn through the melee, couldn’t tell if they’d been swallowed by the ambush or were still fighting. A spear thrust toward his chest; he parried with a grunt, the impact jarring his arm, and countered with a brutal slash across the attacker’s face. The man fell, howling, clutching at the ruin of his cheek, but there was no time to finish him. Another shadow lunged from the dust—a figure cloaked in tattered black,...