Faced with the dragonbone bolt hurtling toward her, Myracis merely twisted nimbly, then lashed out with her tail and shattered it. The surviving Dornish soldiers atop the West Arrow Tower could not help letting out a sigh.
But the Dornish ambush had enraged Myracis. She unleashed a furious roar and swooped toward the direction from which the bolt had come.
"Roooar!"
Harman was utterly disheartened. The perfect chance to slay a dragon, which he had waited so painstakingly for, had been thwarted just like that by the pinkish-purple dragon.
As Danyla's bonded dragon, with her distinctive pinkish-purple scales and purple-red wings, Myracis was instantly recognizable to Harman. He had been thrilled at the sight of her, thinking that this dragon, also named Myracis, would repeat the tragedy of Hellholt.
But sharing a name did not necessarily mean sharing a fate!
Humiliated and enraged, Myracis burst forward at full speed. Within a few surges, she had closed in on the Western Arrow Tower, but several heavy ballista bolts shot toward her at once, too fast for her to dodge.
"Roooar!"
Myracis hastily breathed a blast of dragonfire, burning three of them to ash. Then she spun swiftly, knocking several more away with the armor on her wings. The last two, however, plunged deep into her body, making her lurch in midair.
A moment later, however, she was already above the Western Arrow Tower. Scorching Purple-Red Dragonfire poured down, blasting the entire tower apart. Every defender inside died instantly, including Harman of Hellholt, who had come prepared to slay a dragon.
Next, Myracis lashed her tail in vengeance, smashing every nearby ballista to pieces. As for those who had wounded her, she roasted them and swallowed them whole.
Since both bolts had struck the rear half of her body, she pulled them