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    Dragonfire and Time
    Dragonfire and Time
    Dragonfire and Time
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    Dragonfire and Time

    By Mary Catelli

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    An angry dragon demands justice of the king.

    Mae, a royal wizard, is assigned the task:  the dragon had metted out her own justice, burning a thief with dragonfire, but she had seen him since, whole and sound, and this she will not tolerate, so Mae must put an end to it.

    Mae goes to discover the truth of this before the dragon leaves its lair to extract her own justice.  And in her search of the spring festivities, learns more secrets than the dragon had even guessed of.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWizard's Wood Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2015
    ISBN9781942564096
    Dragonfire and Time
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    Mary Catelli

    Mary Catelli is an avid reader of fantasy, science fiction, history, fairy tales, philosophy, folklore and a lot of other things. (Including the backs of cereal boxes.) Which, in due course, overflowed into writing fantasy (and some science fiction).

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      Dragonfire and Time - Mary Catelli

      Dragonfire and Time

      Mary Catelli

      Published by Wizard's Wood Press, 2015.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      DRAGONFIRE AND TIME

      First edition. January 1, 2015.

      Copyright © 2015 Mary Catelli.

      ISBN: 978-1942564096

      Written by Mary Catelli.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dragonfire and Time

      Also By Mary Catelli

      Dragonfire and Time

      The cave gleamed ferociously.  All about, gold and silver, rubies, emeralds, amethysts, and sapphires shone.  The center of it all, the dragon shifted like quicksilver; every fiery scale on her body glinted with motion.  Even her black eyes, like liquid, shone as she looked at the only drabness in the cave.

      The wizard, in his sigil-marked brown robes, held out his staff as if that would fend her off.  The dragon breathed orange fire, too bright to look at, and the wizard charred before Mae's gaze.

      The vision cut off.

      Mae gasped for breath.  One day, she would murder Gregor for showing her these things; she hated, hated, hated them.  He could just tell her.

      She looked about.  White-washed walls, windows letting in sunlight and not a gem in sight except in Gregor's hand—she let out her breath.  She and Gregor had sigils on their clothes, but on prudently short smocks, not robes.  The room, with its tables and shelves, looked like that of a tidy clerk—if you did not look out the windows at the wheeling birds.

      Gregor studied the gem in his hand.  The dragon is displeased.

      The king was bound to deliver justice to the dragons.  That had been the bargain that kept them from ravaging the countryside with fire and slaughter whenever a thief offended.  Still—

      She seems to have dealt with her problem, Mae said dryly.  What does she need to be appeased?

      The wizard, said Gregor, survived.  He put down the gem with a click.

      Mae blinked.  Only a very powerful wizard could survive dragonfire.  Then, survive was all that he had done; the dragon had burned him; she had seen that clearly enough, and shuddered.

      Not even return spells could restore those burns.  What penalty does she want?

      This happened twenty-odd years ago, said Gregor, at which time she was content with that as punishment.

      Mae cocked an eyebrow.  Gregor looked back at the gem.

      Since then, she has seen him.  Recently.  She says if we do not deal with the thief, she will come after him.

      Mae sat back.  Six generations ago, a dragon had come after a robber; it was still a byword.  And King Carolus's most famous deed was persuading the dragons to abide by his justice. . . .

      Which meant, since the king could not chase after every thief, the king's men had to wreak that justice for him.  Particularly his wizards.

      Gregor touched the stone.  She enchanted a gem out of her own hoard to send to us.

      Mae flinched.  A dragon willing to do that was angry beyond belief.  Still, she needed to know more.

      I know that dragons have sharp eyes for thieves, but how can she know that this one is her culprit?

      "She saw him look as he had before the fire.  Also, she smelled him."

      A dragon could not be mistaken

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