Dragon School: Mark of Loyalty by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The Green beside me cheered so loudly that I covered my ears. All up and down the line of people spontaneous cheers erupted. I was pulled back as the crowd shoved ourselves off the road an on to the brushy rocks beside it to make way for Starie Atrelan. People further up the line threw down cloaks and blankets for her dragon to walk on.

Grandis Elfar yelled into the crowd, “Your Chosen One is here! She shall lead you to victory, both here and in the north. Bow to the Chosen One of Legend!”

Starie raised her halberd - like a silent victor - while around me, calls and cheers redoubled as everyone scrambled to kneel. I refused, clutching my crutch as hands on every side tried to pull me to my knees. This wasn’t true or right. Starie basked in a glory that didn’t belong to her!

Her blind-folded gaze ran across the crowd, settling on me where I fought off the ‘helpful’ hands trying to assist me in kneeling. The tiny smile that spread across her face sent a shiver down my spine.

She rode past, head high, dragon’s wings pulsing like he was fanning her with them to alleviate the sun’s heat.

He is.

That didn’t seem very dragon-like.

It’s not. It’s embarrassing.

What would she do when she reached the gate? Everyone else had the same question. They pressed forward, a mass of bodies with one goal – to see the Chosen One meet the dragons at the Dawn’s Gate. Any semblance of a line melted in Starie’s wake. I hobbled after the crowd, but with my bad leg, there was no way I could keep up. Person after person pushed past me. I strained my eyes to see, but all I saw was the heads of the crowd.

I can see from here. The crowd is making way for Starie. The line has dissolved. You may as well head for where we are. There will be no progress in that line today.

I changed my trajectory, moving to the rocky space beside the road, but even here the press of bodies was too much to see. A loud noise erupted from further ahead.

They chant her name. The dragons at the gate have summoned the Queen’s emissary and the royal interpreter. It’s ... yes ... it’s my brother, Taoslil. He’s got his nose up in the air. Doesn’t like this Gold Starie is riding. Thinks he should have more dignity.

He should have more dignity. If I was a dragon, I wouldn’t fan Starie. I struggled along the rocky mountainside. I thought I saw a shortcut, but it would wind away from the main path. I took it, breathing a sigh of relief when I broke free of the jostling crowd. I still couldn’t see, but at least I could move more freely.

He’s giving them the royal cold shoulder, treating them like supplicants.

Which is what they were.

Yes, but it’s rude to treat them that way. He has declared that he will hear their requests on behalf of the Queen.

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