Dragon Fire and Pixie Dust (Dragon’s Daughter Book 4) by Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle

Author:Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle [McLaughlin, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

“It’s funny but I feel like I’ve already had this conversation,” Amythist said between gritted teeth. It was amazing how a tiny, wrinkled woman could look so intimidating. “Please tell me this is some kind of pixie-magic-induced déjà vu?”

“Ma’am, I know this looks bad—” Kylara began.

“What it looks like is that you’re skipping class. Unless by some miracle the Silver Bullet canceled practice only days before the beginning of the tournament? You are supposed to be in class, correct?”

“Yes, I should be.” She knew from her mom that authority figures liked it when she agreed with them.

“Then why aren’t you?”

Explaining herself to one could be trickier to accomplish. “Well, my friends don’t want to join the tournament, for starters, so class sucks right now.”

“Does it?” Amythist did not seem impressed with her vocabulary.

“But it's not only that,” she explained hurriedly. “It’s Petalwing. I can’t sit still in class while I know she’s missing.”

“Kor doesn’t exactly make you sit still.”

“He does when you’re not competing,” she pointed out, thankful that it was true. “I couldn’t sit around and do nothing. It seemed wrong.”

“So you decided to sneak out?” The old dragon’s tone was as sharp as crystal.

“No. I wanted to go for a walk in the woods. I thought that maybe everyone was right and Petalwing had gone somewhere to clear her head. I was out here, trying to calm myself and hopefully see her, when these statues stopped me cold.”

The headmaster’s expression suggested that she couldn’t decide if she was telling the truth and the young dragon mage counted that as a win. The most she could hope for in this moment was an element of doubt and she decided to run with it.

“I didn’t pay much attention to where I was going. Mostly, I tried to feel my…uh, inner magic to see where it would take me. Do you think I was drawn this way because of the statues?”

“It’s…possible,” Amythist admitted finally. “They are animated by immensely powerful spells, although part of those is a dampening effect. I suppose it’s possible that you could sense them given your proclivities to pixie magic.”

“That must be it, then,” Kylara said and tried not to sound too relieved that the headmaster had bought her story. She knew the pendant around her neck prevented the dragon from reading her aura and uncovering her lie. Before she could be pressed for any more details, she tried to steer the conversation elsewhere. “You have those statues to guard the school instead of mages?”

Amythist nodded, although she still looked suspicious. “We couldn’t very well keep a couple of dozen mages on staff only for defense, so we created some automated defenses over the summer. The statues are a key component, as is the shield you encountered when you first tried to port in.”

“It makes sense. Will that be enough, though?” Kylara asked.

The dragon’s smile was so calculating it looked as if it could solve algebraic expressions. “If you were in my position, do you think

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