Chapter59: consulting with a Dragon

Kerrigan ended her day as she ended all days, returning to her quarter’s outside the Hall of Abraxas, in the chambers of the Kendov. She knew Zadok had to have debated for months over giving her these suites, but in the end, he had little choice once Abraxas’s pendant was noticed around her neck. He had done his best to downplay it of course. He had claimed she was to be a sacrificial virgin to Abraxas as his new priestess after the earthquake. Zadok had a way of spinning everything to be degrading, making the tale about the earthquake as heroic for him as possible, and crediting her with saving Abraxas’s pendant. At least his tales gave her some well deserved lavish rooms. When she opened the doors, a solum face greeted her.             “Kerrigan, you are late for practice,” said Chief Guard Breanne Harlow.             “Breanne, I am tired, and sore. Can we just skip a day for once?” Kerrigan begged, flopping down on her bed.             A quarterstaff whizzed toward her face, and she