[Hurog 01] - Dragon Bones (31 page)

Bone deep, a feeling of great contentment fell over me, washing away the conflicting rage and joy I'd been torn between.

“You're my brother,” I said, as I had to Tosten. “You'll always have a home here.”

As we walked down the mountain trails, I asked, “Oreg, how is it that your human form looks so much like Tosten and most of the rest of the Hurogs I know?”

He grinned and peered up at me from under his eyelashes. “Ward, I thought you knew. Hurog means dragon.”

Until she learned to read, Patricia Briggs lived a mundane life in Butte, Montana. Shortly after her sixth birthday, she discovered there were dwarves living in the mines and elves in the forests. The hob in the garage really startled her the first time she met him, but they've become great friends since. She now lives with her husband and children in the Pacific Northwest. She is currently working hard on the sequel to
Dragon Bones.