By Curse or Fire (Loot Sisters #13)

A massive eagle swoops past, its ear-piercing cry blocking out Aries’ question as it snatches a ribeye. Aries’ dragon launches after it – tail nearly knocking his master off the cliff – but Aries just laughs and tosses more meat on the grill.

“What did you say?” I ask, rubbing my ear.

“I’m wondering what you plan to do. If it were me, I’d feed them to Nithe.”

Nithe blasts a stream of fire, but the eagle gets away. “Might be a cleaner end. Rach is likely to get out a trepan, and Vera…well, her curses can be quite nasty.”

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The 13th installment of Loot Sisters, my dungeon crawler story. Written for The Prediction. This week’s challenge words were eagle, question, and trepan (I had to look that word up lol).

Previous episodes in order include Dungeon Crawl (1), A Matter of Trust (2), Thank You, Erd (3), Questing for Quests (4), To Hunt for Loot (5), Divining a Direction (6), It’s Safer to Rent a Unicorn (7), Thirsty (8), Weaponized Coffee (9), A Casual Distraction (10), Pity Pudding (11), and The Risk of Letting Things Go (12)