I spoke again to Maradaorthian today. He has made it clear that he will capture you at the first opportunity.
Capture or question? Had something changed?
Both. You wounded him when you fought. Now that he realizes you have a weapon capable of harming dragons, he has started to suspect you played a role in his son’s death. He returned for a time to our world to do a secondary investigation of Alabsaurin’s body.
My gut twisted. Did he find anything?
He did not tell me, but it is possible he unearthed my tampering. When he returned, he was more angry than before, and he promised retribution. Then he flew off to a mountaintop, but he is not far away. I can still sense him.
I thought of Amber and worried anew. I needed to wrap up this mission and get out of here.
I have been contemplating
