SOUL OF SORCERY – a brief excerpt

I’m working on the edits for SOUL OF SORCERY, and here’s a snippet from today’s work:

“Silence!” said Ardasan, lifting his black blade. “Dracaryl may have fallen. But I sense the presence of the Glamdaigyr, the great weapon the high lords forged to steal the might of the Demonsouled! With it, I shall rebuild Dracaryl, and rule an empire of the undead that stretches from sea to sea.”  

Mazael lifted Lion. “You’ll have to kill me first.”

“Easily accomplished, little mortal,” said Ardasan. “I ground my foes beneath my boot centuries before you were born, I…”

“Oh, shut up,” said Molly. “Were all the nobles of Dracaryl such utter windbags? Little wonder your miserable realm fell, if you wasted all your time making pompous speeches.”

“Impudent child!” roared Ardasan. “I shall tear the…”

-JM