The next chapter of The Dragon and the Unicorn. Enjoy, and please comment everyone so I know how I'm doing!


Next: Chapter Fifteen: RevelationsJake followed the line of Humvees and jeeps as they raced towards the Grand Hotel near the center of the city. The monstrous edifice loomed some thirty-six stories into the air, with three casinos on the bottom floors and hundreds of rooms on the upper floors. In the center of the building stood a waterslide that raced down eight stories before landing in the basement where a huge waterpark had been built for the guests. Jake had seen plenty of advertisements for it, saying the grandest architects of Los Vegas had built the glittering desert town in one place.
Jake hadn't been inside it, the cost of one night's stay was two hundred dollars for the cheap rooms, and more than three thousand dollars for the expensive rooms. Before stumbling on the dwarf gold, he'd never imagined seeing that much cash, let alone having it.
Volgelson's troops deployed the moment the cars pulled up to the entryway, startling the doormen on duty and frightening several well-appointed people as they stood gapi




Prev: Chapter Thirteen: Rise of EvilJake looked down at the body before him, but he didn't really see it. His thoughts spun and smashed together as he tried to decipher Cassandra's last, cryptic message. Most of it seemed clear, there were more of her kind out there, but well-hidden and difficult to track down. The rest seemed less clear.
"What did she mean by that?" Tom asked.
"It seems straightforward." Rachel replied softly. "There's something worse out there. And that something is nearly ready to reveal itself."
"Worse than Cassandra?" Stacey asked in horror.
"Apparently she thought so." Brian gestured at the girl. "She also mentioned that there were others of her kind out there, and indicated that something else not of her kind had helped her this time around. Those mudmen are clearly not of her doing."
"Agreed. Although I find it strange that they would all die when she died." Jake commented.
'That's not the only thing I found strange about them.' Serena said tiredly. Her wounds bled a little still, and silver appe