Battle of Illaria: Book Three of the Illaria Series by Dyan Chick

Author:Dyan Chick [Chick, Dyan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Illaria Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

23

Etta

Dragons? My mouth dropped open. This can't be real. "Who sent that?"

"It's from my brother in Canton. He only saw one dragon, but it was angry. Destroyed most of the town." His face darkened. "He thinks it may have had a rider."

"Wait, your brother?" I had recently found out that Master Flanders had a daughter, who also happened to be the Oracle. Finding out he had a brother who was in contact with him made me realize how much I didn't know about him. There were so few people I trusted and despite the news about his daughter, I had continued to trust him. But I couldn't help but wonder if he was keeping more from me. Was that something I should be worried about?

Before he could answer, Gaius reached his hand toward Master Flanders. "May I?"

Master Flanders handed over the parchment and Gaius read it quickly. He shook his head. "If there is a rider, we have a bigger problem than just a rouge dragon."

Dragon riders were a myth, at least that was what my grandmother had told me. Dragons were intelligent and independent creatures. They sometimes worked with humans if they had the same goal in mind, but they wouldn’t actually let a human ride on their backs. “That's not possible."

Gaius passed the scroll back to Master Flanders, then looked over to me. "We have records in our archives of dragon riders. They were rare, but they weren't as rare as the stories would like us to believe. If somebody has formed an alliance with a dragon, we're all in danger."

Who could have formed an alliance with a dragon? I reached for my pendant and started sliding it along the chain. What if Max or the king made an alliance with a dragon? For some reason, I had a hard time seeing the king on the back of a dragon. But Max, with his black dragon tattoo, didn't seem out of place riding one of the fire breathing beasts. But why destroy a random town?

"What's in Canton?" I thought back to my lessons with Sir Henry, but couldn't place the name of the town on the map of Illaria in my head. "Whoever has something to gain from destroying Canton is the person who is riding that dragon."

Gaius and Master Flanders both turned to look at me. Master Flanders smiled.

Gaius tilted his head and narrowed his eyes. "You are as smart as I've been told." He took a few steps toward the door and clapped his hands twice. The door opened and a member of his guard stepped in. "Yes, your majesty?"

"Bring us a map of Illaria."

The guard closed the door and Gaius walked back to his chair and settled in. "You're right, Etta. If there is somebody on that dragon, they'd have a reason for what they did. Now, forgive me, but my Illarian geography is rusty, so I've requested a map so we can see what is near that town."

"No need for a map, majesty. I have a feeling I know what they're after.

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