3113 Rest and Recover (Part 1)
"It's not that hard." The Maiden took the babies off Solus' and Kamila's arms and put them on Lith's chest.
Dragon scales reassured Elisya and Valeron that their father was also fine and the three of them fell asleep like one.
"Thank the gods." Solus sighed in relief.
"You are welcome." The Guardians said in unison.
"Now, unless anyone minds, my daughter and I would like to take a stroll. Is there anything I should know before picking a direction?" Baba Yaga asked.
"That way is my turf." Leegaain pointed north. "East you find Fenagar and west a crazy Lich who lives with an Eldritch. The south belongs to Lith."
"North it is, then." Baba Yaga nodded and walked toward the lake near Lith's lab.
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It took Valtak over eight hours to wake up and when he did, he believed to be dead.
"The afterlife sucks! Why does my body hurt so much and why am I starving?" He had lost consciousness in the Valley of Life and when he opened his eyes, he was staring at Mogar from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
Being dead made much more sense than the truth.
"You are not dead and this will take a while." Lith sighed, offering the Father of Fire a chair and lots of food straight off Leegaain's kitchens.
The Guardian loved eating well and everyone could use a hearty meal after enduring so many emotions.
"I knew it there was something weird between you two!" The Elder Wyrm said while pointing at Lith and Solus. "You smell too much of each other and the whole 'she's my lost cousin' story was just too convenient.
"I suspected she was Elina's illegitimate child but I would have never thought you were the daughter of the legendary Rapa Menadion, Solus."
"Valtak!" Lith said in outrage. "My mother would never do something like that. How could you even think that?"
"Solus smells like Dragon and Elina carries my blood, not Raaz." The Father of Fire shrugged. "If your parents' bloodlines were reversed, I would have questioned your father's faithfulness."
"This doesn't make it any better." Lith grumbled.
"And my mother's name is Ripha, not Rapa." Solus said. "What's wrong with you Dragons and remembering names? What are you? A bunch of Liches?"
"No, hatchling." Valtak shook his head. "I can't speak for Lith or any other Dragon you have met but I'm old. I've lived for over ten thousand years and met so many people I can't remember all their names. freёwebnoѵel.com
"Especially those I've just heard of or read about, like your mother. I meant no offense, Solus. I'm sure Ripha was a great woman and I would have loved to meet her but sadly fate chose differently."
Between his sad smile, the dull color of his scales, and his brush with death, Solus felt like a jerk.
"No, I'm sorry." She gave him a deep bow. "I overreacted because I'm still worked up about what almost happened to Lith. I guess you badmouthing one of my mothers and calling the other with the wrong name was the final straw on my nerves."
"It's fine, you don't have to apologize." The Elder Wyrm laughed. "Another bad habit you pick up while growing old is that you don't care much about other people's feelings. I should have worded my suspicions more politely.
"Back in the day, if someone said something like that about my mother, I would have decked him without a second thought." He thought about Tharma for a second and then moved on.
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