A Whisper of Rue (The Trouble With Elves Book 5) by Decadent Kane

Author:Decadent Kane [Kane, Decadent]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Published: 2015-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Rue slowly turned. The dragon she had watched come to life in the Elder’s hands hovered. It had grown more than triple in size and its flapping wings sparkled in the afternoon light. She swallowed and took a tentative step back. The dragon’s nostrils flared and smoke leaked out. Despite the size, the dragon looked sick. Eyes sunken into his skull and Rue could see ribs. Were dragons supposed to look so thin? She’d never seen one in real life. Large obsidian eyes stared at her. She could see her reflection in them.

“Very inconvenient. Undeniably inexcusable. What have you done to it?” The Elder appeared beside the dragon, out of thin air.

“To what?” Rue clutched the fairy dust to her chest.

“The mask, child. It doesn’t work.”

Gage chuckled in her ear. Rue remembered his words about her being the one to use the items. How did the Elder know about them?

“That’s because only a female in my blood line can make it work. It’s not broken. You are unqualified, old man.”

His eyes glared, yet he smiled. “Well work it for me then.”

“And what do you want with it?”

“Why to help you of course.”

Rue didn’t believe him. “No.”

The dragon huffed beside him and the Elder said, “I can make you, elfling.”

“Do you see these ears?” Rue pointed to her head. “That’s right, complete points. Not rounded like a human. I’m no elfling.”

“Ah... what is this?” The Elder snatched the glass ball of swirling fairy dust from her.

Surprised, Rue reached out for it. But he had it high above him in his fingertips, scrutinizing the glass.

“Fairy dust...” His voice slithered out.

The dragon roared at the Elder.

“I told you not to trust the old man,” Gage said.

The Elder smacked the dragon’s muzzle causing the beast to let steam from its nose. “That is enough out of you. I don’t plan to use the dust on you, unless you make me.” The Elder snapped his finger and the dragon dropped to the ground mewling in what Rue thought was pain.

Rue didn’t wait for another opportunity. He was distracted momentarily and she needed all the advantage she could get. She rushed at the Elder, knocking the mask and dust from him as they both tumbled to the ground scrambling for the items. She pulled at his robes and crawled over the top of him, almost touching the fairy dust, but he knocked her over and she rolled further away with a split lip. Licking the cut a metallic taste flooded her mouth. She spit noticing the mask, inches away. Her fingertips snatched the corner and she yanked it to her. Forcing air into her lungs, she heaved herself up to stand before the Elder. He brushed the dirt off his clothes and tucked the ball of fairy dust beneath them. His hand returned empty and he carefully eyed Rue.

“What do you want? You have the dragon, why are you doing this?” Rue wiped her lip with a shaking hand. Adrenaline pumping through her, causing her body to turn on edge.

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