Rain's gaze slowly shifted from the bloodstains to the fat balding head councillor, his eyes luminous yellow with intensity. "Why are there Kobold scales on your table? You have until the count of three to answer me." "Curious, this sub-sapient monster actually has expectations of us, I have never come across such an impudent beast before. To think it seems to believe it holds sway in any other matter than its death." "Er, that's ah, it might not be such a bad idea to answer the monster this, ah, one time," said Lixiss. She had surreptitiously moved herself away from the table and more importantly further away from Rain. Her hand was holding her fan in a white knuckle grip. "One." said Rain, his voice like dark iron. "Tell me what happened. Tell me where Lyra is." He felt Opal snuggli

