Dragon Frost by S. J. Wist Page A

Cecil was always known more for his brains. "What are you doing here, Nafury?" Cecil asked.
    "Is it so wrong to see if my former kind are doing well?" Nafury replied.
    "We've been just fine with your Apocalypse attempt out of the way. And I see you found yourself another Fay."
    Ubi started to quickly lose patience with the arrogant dragoon. Nafury could feel her willing herself to not make Cecil's blue dragon shift eat him.
    "Do you intend to kill this one as well?" Cecil asked in an attempt to spite him.
    Nafury lost his cool, and launched himself at Cecil. But the dragoon was ready for his hit, and caught the punch aimed for his face. "You already know that was out of my control."
    "Yet what is done is done and you were the one to kill her. I suppose it was inevitable, as you always were a monster. Funny how we've gone from sparring with each other as children to fighting in adulthood. You never did grow up," Cecil mocked.
    The next strike didn't come from Nafury. A rush of estus energy surged from Ubi's hands and threw Cecil across the shrine. The dragoon hit the cave wall with a vengeance, sending rocks and dirt falling to the ground around him.
    "You are the monster for speaking like that!" Ubi shouted as she looked down at Cecil, her eyes a flashing a bright blue. "My mother has forgiven him. I have forgiven him. You are the only child here who refuses to grow up! The world is more than just dragons and pretty flowers!"
    Cecil wiped away some of the blood from the back of his head and slowly got to his feet. "And that would definitely be Sybl's temper. I might have had more faith in you if you looked like your mother and inherited your father's demeanour."
    Nafury caught Ubi's arms before she could claw Cecil apart. "Easy there, he's not worth it." He had to use all of his and Alexia's strength to hold Ubi back, as she was incredibly strong when angry. "Ubi, calm down. This is what he wants--an excuse to get rid of us."
    Ubi calmed down somewhat and Nafury let go of her. "I won't be able to sleep at night with the thought of this animal near my mother's grave." She looked around for Cecil's shift, but it was hiding well.
    "We also came here to warn you of Earth's latest threat coming for Aster," Nafury said to Cecil.
    "Hino is neutralized. Sybl's death saw to that," Cecil replied. "And the Sentry can't survive on Aster as long as the Soph and Atrum's Aurs are up. If any humans venture to Aster, then they won't get far. So exactly what are we defending against?"
    "Sybl thinks this is something else. Something even more dangerous," Nafury replied. "Anything and anyone who can link back to the Sentry, descendants of Solar, the Awls, and even the chimera may become a threat."
    "And just when did you speak with her? She's in the realm of death."
    "Let's just say I found out what happens when two Dreamwalkers Dream the same thing. Look, Cecil, I hate you. I think I have always hated you as much as you have me, but don't be blinded stupid by that fact. From what I gathered all these years is that my sister has never been wrong. Bring up Toria's defences and do what the position you've taken up for yourself requires of you."
    "Why doesn't the whole planet just attack us?" Cecil replied, talking mostly to himself. "What exactly has the power to control that kind of a force?"
    "I'm still looking for it. But I have seen that it exists. Xirel was almost overtaken with it. Then I had to kill Simera shortly after he followed the Awl leader back to Aster, at the Sanctus," Nafury replied.
    Cecil's pale eyes turned skeptical. "I won't believe that. Even with Alexia as your shift, Simera was unbeatable."
    Nafury unsheathed his blade and threw it at the dragoon's feet. It wasn't his blade that he had in his sheathe, but Simera's. He figured that Alexia must have taken it from the dragoon's body after killing him. "Believe that then, or don't. I don't care. I'm leaving now. This isn't my home anymore--it never really