Dragon Knight: A Sacred Land Legacy Origin Short Story by Mark E. Tyson

Author:Mark E. Tyson [Tyson, Mark E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Epic, Sword & Sorcery, Teen & Young Adult, 30 Minutes (12-21 Pages), Literature & Fiction, Epic Fantasy
Amazon: B00YKGQHI4
Publisher: Shadesilver Publishing
Published: 2015-05-29T23:00:00+00:00

He awoke in the cavern. Amadyre was in the far corner behind a raging fire that he could see the remnants of the lost wagons burning in. He moved to his feet, ignoring the pain in his limbs. He crossed the rough cavern floor to where Amadyre was hunched over sobbing.

“Lady Amadyre? Is something the matter?” he inquired.

The dragon shifted, and Vandrick saw the outline of a drake wrapped in one of the blankets from the supply wagons. It was not moving.

“Is it . . . ?” he said, not knowing what to ask.

“He is dead. Stillborn.”

“My lady, I am sorry.” He bowed his head.

“You had died, Knight. I could not heal you, but I tried anyway. I prayed to Loracia to give me strength to do the impossible, and she granted my request. You lived, but the strain for me was too great to bear. One life is traded for another.”

Vandrick dropped to his knees. “Why would you do such a thing? I am but a stranger to you.”

Amadyre let a teardrop fall. “Because it had to be done. Even if I had known the cost beforehand, I would have prayed for it. You sacrificed yourself to protect me; I could not let you die.”

Vandrick was dumbfounded. He did not know much about the ways of dragons, but he knew they only had young once every one hundred years or so. He had been saved by Amadyre twice now, and once at a terrible cost. He stood to his feet and put his hand on Amadyre’s massive head. “I owe you a life, and a life I shall pay you. From this day forward, I shall be yours as my honor as a knight dictates. My heart, my soul, my body, everything I am belongs to Amadyre. This I swear, and what I swear is bound by honor and cannot be undone.”

“No, Knight, you have king and country to swear allegiance to.”

“I have failed king and country, and I shall never return, my lady dragon. Do not insult my honor as a knight. I bind my allegiance where my heart requires. I am yours. A life for a life.”

Amadyre raised her head level to Vandrick’s. “So be it, Dragon Knight.”

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