Dragon School: The Ruby Isles by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Where were we headed, exactly? It seemed to be to the West.

Daedru Castel and the sprawling sky-city of Vanika.

I’d seen it on a map before, but never in person. I focused my mind, thinking back on my lessons. It should be about three days flight by dragon – not very far at all, but I’d never been in such a large city before.

I’ve never been within one, either, though I’ve passed by Vanika many times. Cities – even sky cities - are not home for dragons. We like the outdoors.

Would there be other dragons there?

Many. There will be the Blacks who build and maintain the sky cities and guard them, Reds moving through on their endless campaigns, Green to push the bounds around her and White promoting the healing arts. If you wanted an adventure, this is going to be one. Forget backwater places like the Ruby Isles or Dragon School out on the edge of nowhere. Daedru Castel is an important place and Vanika is the fifth largest sky-city of the Dominion.

My mind filled with images of a sky city – I’d never seen one, and yet I knew they existed. Held by arcane magic and the strength of dragonsteel, they rose up from the ground on a single pillar and then spread out like a sunflower from the stalk, reaching for the sun above. I’d seen drawings in my textbooks, but I wondered how accurate they could be. Could a whole city be formed from a lace of steel and magic? Could it sprawl out across the sky, filled with inns and taverns, homes and apothecaries, barracks and dragon cotes but no farms or wells or cellars? It was a strange idea, but one that excited me.

You will have all the excitement you could want, but we will have to be clever. You won’t be able to admit you are a student or they will send you back to Dragon School. You’ll need different clothing and a story to tell anyone who asks.

I didn’t have the money for that, or the ability to lie like others seemed to do so easily.

We’ll figure something out. We’ve come this far.

Of course we would. With Raolcan, I could do whatever I set my mind to. Savette was out there and I was going to find her and free her.

There will possibly be a chance to flame people. I’d like that.

Then we’d bring her back – victorious - and of course Dragon School would forgive us for going when they realized what a big mistake it was not to take her kidnapping seriously.

That might be more of a daydream than a possibility. They tend to take things like betrayal and rebellion seriously.

And if they were reluctant, then Savette’s father would arrive in a blaze of Castelan glory, setting everything right and just being so grateful that she was saved.

You bring up a good point. Where is the mighty Castelan in all this, with his daughter kidnapped and before that being sold

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