Dragon School: Sworn by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I shuddered at his words, but his gaze held mine and I could tell he meant every word of it.

“Can I trust her, that’s the question?” he asked, as if speaking to himself.

“Starie Atrelan?” I asked. He was beginning to sound crazy.

His eyes narrowed. “Not that wayward road. You. Can I trust you?”

“You’ve threatened me, belittled me, mocked me and manhandled me.” My voice shook with fear. He had my wrist. If he tried to fling me off this lift I would smash on the cobblestones below – or, more likely, on the heads of several people, though that would kill me just as fast. It didn’t matter that I was afraid. I needed to speak because there was no one else here to do it for me.

Judge your words carefully and speak slowly. It will help you get them right. You’re right to stand up to him.

I took Raolcan’s advice and spoke slowly, trying to control the tremble in my voice. It was all I could do to suppress my fear.

“I’d say that since none of that has achieved the results you wanted, you could certainly afford to choose a different course.”

He exhaled like he was letting go of something. He had such a personal magnetism to him that it was hard not to offer to give him whatever he wanted. I could imagine that in his home nation there were probably people who would do anything for him – and just as many who had seen him like I did and wanted nothing more to do with him. Eventually, he gathered himself and spoke in a low, dangerous tone.

“Peace between our two countries is essential to prevent the loss of many lives.” He waited as if wanting confirmation, so I nodded. After all, it was people like me who would die in a war - unimportant people. “But forces and conspiracies are at work to prevent that. I have been lied to, deceived and stolen from. Tell me you were not a part of the kidnapping of Savette Leedris. I saw you there when I stormed her captor’s lair.”

“I was there to free her.”

“You could have told me you were planning to do that in the gardens when I questioned you.”

“I’m being threatened by more people than just you, Prince.” Why did he think I would trust a man who did nothing but insult and threaten me?

He smiled triumphantly.

“I knew you were more than a common cripple.” Was I meant to be flattered by that? “I think we’ve kept enough secrets from each other. I know now that Starie Atrelan has been foisted on me by people bent on the destruction of both our nations. I know that they stole away Savette Leedris – the High Castelan most likely to help me cement peace between nations, and I know that your people are not the only ones with dark forces at work amongst you. In my own land – among my own men! – there are traitors. So, I won’t threaten this time.

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