The Dragon's Silent Shadow
"This static... it’s leaking. It’s like a faucet I can't turn off. If I touch anything conductive, it arcs. If I get angry, it surges. If I get scared..."
"It spikes," Saoirse finished. "I felt it in the cabin."
"I need to learn how to throttle it," Tristan said. "Before we get to the Isles. King Thorne respects power, but he kills instability. If I walk into his court twitching and sparking, he’ll put a sword through me."
"King Thorne," Saoirse tested the name. "Who is he? You said he owes you."
"Caspian Thorne," Tristan said. "The Pirate King of the Shattered Isles. He used to be a generic bandit until he united the clans five years ago. He came to Oakhaven once, incognito, to gamble at th
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