A Dragon's Mind: A New Adult Fantasy Dragon Series (The MINATH Chronicles Book 1) by A. L. Tippett

Author:A. L. Tippett [Tippett, A. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fire Fly Books
Published: 2020-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Another night passed following the same pattern of eating simple food and talking to Arius. They spoke for hours about everything and nothing. She explained how her father had raised her and about her close bond with Balthazar. She described her friend and flatmate Hazel and their home on the twenty-eighth floor in the Mandar City Apartments. As the sun rose to welcome a new morning, Sera lay on her bed of furs and reflected on the past six days. The feelings of confusion reigned supreme when she thought of the dragon that had initially abducted and terrified her. Everything had changed now. They shared a quiet breakfast of bird eggs and pork from a boar he had killed, before taking to the skies once again. Despite his reassurances, a tingle of nervousness wound up her spine as she prepared to meet his mysterious friend.

After a brief scout of the area, they landed on the plateau. It was only a short flight from his home to the flat ground that cut into the mountainside above the cave. From out of the trees that lined the open space a strange creature appeared. Shielding her eyes from the sun, Sera watched as he cantered toward them. He had the body of a horse and the wings and head of an eagle. A hippogryph. She exhaled in relief. She had enjoyed the friendship of the hippogryph who had taught her at MINATH. She walked toward the striking mythic as he trotted closer, and when his attention was on her, she dropped her eyes to the ground and slowly stepped back, inviting him into her space. Black hooves appeared at the top of her vision and a dappled grey shoulder barged into hers.

“Ooompf!” she exclaimed as she found herself on the ground. Yellow eyes that danced with merriment gazed into hers before the hippogryph lowered his head and nudged her with his beak.

“Not the first time a woman has been swept off her feet by my animal magnitude.” The hippogryph wiggled his feathery eyebrows at her, full of cheek.

A low rumbling chuckle from behind Sera answered his unorthodox introduction. “Seraphina, this is my friend, Torvold,” Arius announced. “Torvold, Seraphina.”

Torvold’s head swivelled quickly to scrutinise Arius. “Seraphina, eh? That’s an interesting name.”

“You can call me Sera,” she said as she stood up and dusted off her pants.

Turning back towards her, he winked and said, “And you, my sweet, can call me Tor.”

“Well, I’d say it’s nice to meet you Tor, but most gentlemen I know don’t knock ladies to the ground.” She raised an eyebrow back at him.

“Oh, she gives the sass back! Good girl!” He swished his tail happily and fluffed his feathers. “You need some practice in the noble art of wordplay, but you’ll get there, my sweet. Many friends of mine are just so dull and don’t know how to spar with words and it’s one of my favourite pastimes. Aside from wooing you, of course.” He sidled closer.

Sera’s mouth dropped open at his brazen behaviour and she glanced back at Arius in bewilderment.

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