“How long ago?”
“Three days, perhaps.”
That was when the joggers had disappeared.
“Do you have any idea what he’s doing inside?” I asked. “Just storing captives or something else? And how has nobody from the city noticed him? There’s a staff that works there, right? I’m sure it’s not completely automated.”
Actually, I wasn’t sure of that. I remembered seeing a utilities truck parked there the time I’d ridden close, but it was possible everything was automated these days and someone only came out if there was a problem. It wasn’t as if we were that far from the city.
Malmora shook her head. “We do not know. We have discussed putting together a team to look for our missing comrades when the dragon is not there, but we worry about traps. Dragons are not as clever as goblins—” she said th
