1-Line Wednesday | March 19

Dorian looked down at the two cards in his hand. He looked back at the four cards on the table. He still wasn’t used to this format of two and three, the Karadrian rules, but he was following the house.

“So, isn’t it true that you know of the Tier One of the United Casters?” Dorian said, trying to make idle chat to his neighbors.

“I have friends in many places,” the pasha Darius responded casually.

“Darius doesn’t like to talk about his friends,” Esther said. Her cards were face-down on the table. She hadn’t even looked at them.

Dorian is playing a card game, but it’s not as fun as it seems. His playmates are high-level politicians in Karadria, and he wants to win knowledge more than money.

Find out what happens to him next by reading The Virgin Dragon.