Battle of Black River (Blood of the Dragon) by Warren Samantha

Author:Warren, Samantha [Warren, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

The Future

"You need to breathe, mistress." The young dragon ran a comforting tail along the spine of the larger blue dragon, speaking softly and tenderly.

"I know, Lanissa. This is not my first laying, you know." Silene ground out the words through clenched teeth and her eyes shot daggers at the laying assistant. An older dragon whose scales were going gray around her yellow temples stood in the corner chuckling at the continued exchange. She had been with Silene for her first three layings and knew that the queen's temper could rise to near violence during those times, despite her normally loving demeanor. Poor Lanissa, her apprentice, was experiencing her first real laying and it would likely be her most trying. If the girl could make it through this, the dragon thought, she could make it through anything.

Silene's own tail shot out and smacked the young apprentice across the back of the head. "Stop touching me like that. It's making my scales crawl."

The poor youth cowed, bowing her head low. "My apologies, my queen. I did not mean to offend."

The older dragon pushed away from the wall she had been leaning against and hobbled over to the pair. "Now, Silene, no need to be so nasty. She is only trying to help."

The queen glared at the yellow dragon, but all she received in return was a knowing smirk. "You are supposed to be helping me, Ylda. You are the Hand of Life, after all."

Ylda cocked her head at Silene. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, child. You know I am growing old and must train someone up to be the Hand in my place. Lanissa is a perfectly capable young dragon and you need to stop being so rude to her. She is doing just fine, and you know it. Some day she will be Alys's Hand, and you will need to show your daughter that she can trust Lanissa and not treat her as if she were incompetent."

Silene curled her lips over her teeth in a mock snarl, but nodded an unspoken apology to the younger dragon. Lanissa swung her head around momentarily and straightened with an excited look in her eyes. She leaned in close to Silene, resting her head on the queen's jaw, a sign of affection and encouragement

"One more big push, ma'am. You can do this."

With a grunt, Silene pushed, swinging her head to the side. They all heard a pop behind them as the blue head flew back into place. She knocked the smaller dragon in nose, sending the youth tumbling back onto her flank. Ylda scowled at the queen and shook her head, but said nothing as the other dragon picked herself up off the floor. Instead, she turned to the opalescent object that lay rocking at the back of Silene's large cushion. The color of the dragon inside could often be determined by the colors diffracting on the surface of their shell, but the reds, blues, and blacks that mingled on this shell told Ylda nothing of the creature inside.

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