Thea awoke, which was shocking.  She lay there breathing in the darkness, marveling at the lack of pain. A halo of light appeared in the darkness.  Blinking, she turned her face away. “Still alive? I suppose not everything in that old treatise was complete bunk.” As...

The dragon stared at Thea, blinking, head tilted as if it couldn’t quite believe she was standing there in his lair. Her surprised gasp caused her diseased lungs to seize. A reminder that she should be dying in bed like a sensible person, not trekking through the...