8
Caden knelt beside Lord Klodian’s prone form.
His chest moved up and down with his breathing, and Caden heaved a sigh of relief. At first, he’d feared his lord was dead. A glance at their surroundings didn’t reveal much. Everything was a mass of rubble like the rest of the city, and there were no signs that anything foul had caused Klodian to fall unconscious.
Still, the man wasn’t lying on the ground for no reason. Caden kept his hand on the hilt of his sword just in case, though he didn’t know what he would be able to do against a dragon. Thais joined him first. Her eyes widened in surprise.
“He’s alive, but I’m not sure what happened. I found him here like this.”
“If a dragon attacked him, there’d be nothing left,” Thais said.
“My thoughts exactly. That doesn’t mean we’re clear
