The Ring Thief - Chapter 1 - Dawn
Chapter 1 - Dawn The sound of boiling water and popping fat filled the inside of a small cave as the morning sun rose over the grassy flats of Eotera’s vast plains. Inside one of the many small caves etched into the expansive fields, a red-scaled draconian was assembling a crude morning meal. While he stirred a brothy soup of various meats leftover from his last hunt, the sun’s beams creeped into his home, tearing away the darkness he hid within. Taenith inhaled the earthy aroma spindling above the fire pit. The pot released streams of steam that floated to the top of the cave, where its scent congealed. The smell forced his grumbling stomach into sharp pains, even though he was all but bored of the bland, bitter taste. For years, it had always been the same meals. The fat and meat scraps of dead wolves, rabbits, and deer, stewed together in a greasy grool, had become the opposite of appetizing. But it was an easy price to pay for survival. After a few more minutes of stirring ...
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