Chapter 17: The Dragon Daeva
Jafar al-Sharif and Prince Ahmad walked slowly into the cavern at the end of the path, the cavern that was supposed to lead to the realm of the daevas. Even though his right arm was sore from wielding King Khaled’s enchanted sword against the varaggi, the prince held the weapon at the ready, not knowing what further dangers might confront them.
The cave was deathly quiet except for the sound of their own footsteps—and they tried to move as silently as possible to minimize even that. The prince well remembered a previous foray into a cave, seeking the den of the sand Jinn Estanash. At the end of that trail he’d had to face a two-headed lion; here they were expecting a three-headed dragon who was also a mighty daeva. Fortunately the tunnel didn’t narrow to a sm
