“I was told without much subtlety that this is the least preferred method of dealing with him. They would prefer you simply get rid of him.”
“Even easier.”
“When your dragon sobers up, maybe you can try that chute-opening-a*s-swatting suggestion I made.”
“If only. Xervan went back to his world. I’m not sure when he’ll be back.”
Pariah swore. That spoke volumes about her belief that I could handle this without Xervan. Maybe she’d assumed from the beginning that he would be there to help—though I wasn’t sure why she would. Unless she knew more than I did, which was usually the case.
She took a deep breath. “We need to convince Alabsaurin to leave, one way or another. I’ve been authorized to double your combat bonus if you can kill him. Regular combat bonus if you can pin him with a tran
