Chapter Thirteen
“Kapian, drive them away from the city,” Orion shouted.
“We are down three warriors and five sea dragons,” Kapian replied.
“Your Majesty, look!”
Orion turned to see an injured warrior on a bleeding sea dragon struggling to get to him. Both man and beast bore the wounds from the squid’s suckers. Orion turned his gaze to follow where the man was pointing. One of the escape pods was barely visible through the turbulent and ink-stained water. Thick tentacles were wrapped around the vessel, pulling it down toward the edge and into the deeper water.
“We do not have enough men to spare to save them. We must choose between the lives of a few or the lives of thousands,” Kapian said.
“It is the new Queen and your youngest son, Lord Orion. They fought to free my stag,” the warr
