Fine. Yes. Some of this shit was funny.
Ryker had made a betting pool out of Maddox's personal hell, and the Dragon King was currently losing it. He was down money on whether Kael could out-curse his wife while they were both hostages. It was as fucked as it sounded.
He stood outside the tent the way a lit match hovers over a pool of gasoline.
Maddox: She's ripping wings off. Kael said she swung a sword with her eyes shut. When the hell did this happen?
Ryker: She was running from those things for hours before Nicholas Shadowfell found her. He mentioned they were surrounded at one point. I'm sure he showed her a few things.
This was yet another thing his wife had endured during that time period that Maddox had no memory of. He dragged a hand down his face so hard it looked like he was trying to erase the last ten minutes from existence. It didn't.
Maddox: Why was Nicholas Shadowfell there?
