(eng) M. R. Mathias - Dragoneers 02 by Cold Hearted Son of a Witch

Author:Cold Hearted Son of a Witch [Witch, Cold Hearted Son of a]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Jenka blinked open his eyes and looked around. He was lying on a tiled floor inside a chamber formed of plain stone work. Hanging on one wall between two ensconced oil lamps was a tapestry depicting a turquoise dragon flying over snow-capped mountains. The scene was so well portrayed that it held his attention for a heartbeat or two. There was a bed and a table in the corner, and an empty iron fire stove as well. He was alone.

He reached out for Jade through the link they shared and found his bond mate resting peacefully. He sat up and realized that he was hearing a familiar voice singing across the ethereal. The song was urgent, yet slow and melodic. He’d heard her singing before, when he and Jade had gone deep into the Orichs to retrieve the dragon tear from Jade’s mother’s corpse. The voice had almost lulled them into compliance then. It was trying to now.

Suddenly alarm shot through him like a whip crack. What if Jade wasn’t sleeping contently? And what about Lemmy?

Lemmy, He called into the ethereal. Lemmy, can you hear me?

Hear you? I’m too far away to hear you, Lemmy chuckled. Perceive your voice in my mind? Yes, I can do that. How’s your head?

Jenka didn’t answer, but rubbed at his knotted skull. He was relieved that Lemmy seemed calm. His cheek was swollen and his eye probably blackened. It hurt like hell, but the slit in his skin was already healing over. What happened? he finally asked.

We startled Aikira, he chuckled. She’s another Dragoneer.

Aikira, Jenka repeated stupidly. He remembered seeing the ebon-skinned girl in the golden skullcap. “Don’t startle Aikira,” he mumbled a reminder to himself.

She said she’s been waiting here for months, Lemmy told him. She’s from the Outland settlements. Her dragon has honey-yellow scales and is called Golden. I met the wyrm face to face and nearly filled my britches for it.

Jenka couldn’t help but laugh at that. Where are they?

Can’t you hear her? Lemmy entered the room through a heavy wooden door, bearing a tray of cheese and hard bread. She’s at the top of the spire singing a summoning to the other Dragoneers.

Are they coming?

I suppose they are. There’s more, though. She’s seen the star ship and says that the only thing keeping the Sarax from pouring forth and devouring us is the will of Vax Noffa. She says he is exhausting himself and will soon be beyond recuperation.

She says a lot. Jenka groaned as he rose to his feet. He saw that the room opened into another that had a large open window. The tip of a bright green dragon’s tail was dangling over the sill. He looked around and judged the size of the room. Jade was lazing on the roof, he realized. He looked up, fearing the idea of having his dragon’s weight above his head. He was relieved when he saw the size of the timber beams that supported what was above him. There was a central pillar of stacked stone disks shouldering the load of the center span, too.

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