Awakened (The Brindle Dragon Book 2) by Jada Fisher

Author:Jada Fisher [Fisher, Jada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-01-05T22:00:00+00:00

8

Breaking the Pattern

“Are you ready?”

“Almost,” Eist answered, hurrying to finish copying the notes that had been given to her. Normally she always handled that the night after a class, but between her library trips and keeping Fior fed, she had fallen asleep at her work station again.

“If we don’t leave soon, we’ll miss all the best deals, won’t we?”

Eist looked up to Yacrist, who was standing in the doorway, his dragon pacing around him. It seemed that they had finally gotten the hang of not strangling themselves with their own necks and had moved on to tripping over themselves. From what Eist knew about dragons, one of them controlled one side of their body while the other controlled the opposite, so she couldn’t quite blame them for being a bit mixed up.

“What are you in such a hurry for? Even Fior is more patient than you.” She pointed to her young charge, who was sitting in his bed, mashing a whole apple around in his mouth like it was some sort of challenge that he could conquer. Sure, it made a mess, but it helped keep him occupied.

“I’ve just been looking forward to getting out of here, that’s all. You can’t blame me, can you?”

No, she supposed she couldn’t. With the way things had been going lately, it would definitely be nice to be outside of the academy walls and do something just for themselves. Lately, everyone was so exhausted that no one even had the energy to sneak out and watch the nearly graduated class train with their dragons.

“There,” she said, finishing the last word. “I’m done. We can go now.”

“Finally,” Yacrist said with that flare for drama he always had. “I thought I might burst from the anticipation.”

“What a way to go,” Eist remarked, whistling for Fior to follow, which he happily did. He was getting much better at commands, even if he didn’t seem to be growing physically. “Could you imagine that epitaph on your family’s mausoleum?”

“I find it striking that you go straight to humor instead of mourning the death of your very best friend.”

“Um, my very best friend is definitely Dille.”

He let out a shocked noise and pretended to be wounded. “How cruel! She toys with me like a cat does a mouse.”

Eist shook her head. Yacrist was always bordering the line between funniness and bizarre jokes that she didn’t understand, but he made her laugh anyway. That was what she liked about him. While dozens of girls—and no doubt some of the boys—fawned over his handsomeness, pleasant voice, and/or riches, he didn’t quite seem to care. He took himself about as seriously as a jester most of the time, rather than some heartthrob of the academy.

“So, where are we going first?” Yacrist asked excitedly as they strolled along. It was a beautiful day, with the sun above but a gentle breeze keeping everything from being stagnant. Clouds passed at a leisurely pace, providing a drifting sort of shade that undercut the blaze of summer that would no doubt be rolling in after a moon or so.

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