Chapter 14.2- The Seadragon's Roar
Added 2025-07-27 19:45:05 +0000 UTCThere was a knock on the door, I turned to it. I had posted guards at the door with the instruction that I was not to be disturbed so that meant there was only person that could be there.
“Come in Vaemond” I called. He did, swinging open the door and stepping in. His gaze was fixed on Corlys’ body.
“Is Seaspeaker dead?” I asked. Because if the pirate king was still yet to be found, then I would do something drastic.
“We’ve loosed the hounds and sent men night and da to search for him, but there seems to be no trace of him.”
“You meant to tell me that he has disappeared into thin air?” I asked with a snort. Because trust these men not to accomplish even the simplest of tasks. Vaemond remained silent. The only sound in the room was Corlys’ groaning.
“Has the message been sent?” I asked. It was the first thin g I had ordered after finding out about Corlys’ situation.
“I saw it dispatched myself.” He nodded. At least something done right. If my calculations were right then I could expect both mother and Laena to arrive between tomorrow and next. If things continued as they did, then he would still be alive when they came. The only question then became what would happen after that.
“I will present the head of her husband’s wounded to her when my mother arrives. See to this that I do not have to burn the forest to do so” I said, ordering him. He looked at me. I knew he would obey, because that was the type of man Vaemond was. He was the lesser younger brother of a far greater elder. All he had to do was take orders and be good enough at that, and so that was all he had learned to do. He was a follower through and through. When Corlys had fallen, I had feared usurpation, but that had proven needless. Igneel did his part, and the rest of it was loyalty. While this man had tried to take Driftmark in another life, it was one where Corlys had no true born male heirs. In that situation, could I blame him for doing what anyone else in this accursed world would have done?
