Heirs Of The Dragon / Season 1, Episode 8
Shattered Oaths
Episode 8: Shattered Oaths Kaeryn’s boots skidded on the frost-slick stone as she stumbled through the tower’s broken gate, her breath a ragged cloud in the freezing air. The cold bit into her skin, sharp as a blade, and the stench of rot and damp stone clogged her throat. Behind her, Talvyn’s heavy footfalls echoed, his sword still drawn, the steel catching the dim, flickering light of a dying torch wedged into a crack in the wall. Loryn was last, his face pale as bone, one hand pressed to the gash on his side, blood seeping through his fingers and staining the torn edge of his cloak. “Move!” Talvyn barked, shoving the gate’s splintered remains aside with a grunt. The wood groaned, jagged edges scraping against the stone frame, but it held—just barely. He turned, his eyes scanning the darkness beyond the arch, the distant howls of whatever pursued them growing louder, a chorus of hunger and rage that made the hairs on Kaeryn’s neck stand on end. “We don’t have long. They’re coming.” Kaeryn nodded, though her legs trembled beneath her, exhaustion clawing at her muscles. She forced herself forward, deeper into the tower’s gut, the air growing heavier with the smell of mildew and something sour, metallic. Blood, she realized, her stomach twisting. Old blood, dried into the...