Dragon School: Troubled War by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

There should be more things we could do to prepare. Surely there was something left undone that could be done ahead of time – some kind of preparation that would make all the difference.

You’re just terrible at waiting.

But I was great at worrying and as the hours ticked by to noon, I felt worry burning as hot in my belly as the sun burned on my back.

That’s life I’m afraid. Days, months, even years of anticipation all burned up in a few hot minutes of the final action. It leaves nothing but ashes and dust behind and maybe ... if you are very lucky ... success.

But what was success?

Continued love. Love that hasn’t died. Isn’t that why we fight? So that tomorrow the people we love will still be here for us to enjoy?

I glanced down to where Leng sat astraddle Ahlskibi. I’d be gutted if I lost him. I laid a hand on Raolcan’s neck. And Raolcan, too.

Can I assume then, that all is forgiven?

I shouldn’t have had that outburst. I just felt so cornered lately. This – everything – was such an enormous task and sometimes it felt like I had no decisions in it, like it was driving me instead of me driving it.

It is driving you. It’s like we were in a river and when we chose to swim down the branch we did it narrowed and narrowed and now it’s rushing around us, too fast to stop and too angry to fight. We can only let us take us over the falls and hope we all survive.

I swallowed, watching the horizon and thinking about what he said. I hoped we survived. On the road to the north, I thought I saw the first movement all day. It was strange that there hadn’t been any casual travelers.

Heading toward a war? Anyone with half a grain of sense would be heading away from Dominion City or hunkered down in a place where they think they can survive.

True. Which meant that movement was certainly the army of Iskaris.

It is. They will arrive this afternoon.

And before them was a cloud of smoke with flashes of silver. It broke off from the main army as I watched, speeding toward us.

They know we are here now. They are trying to hit us with a hammer of force rather than wait for us to spring a trap. Dividing an army is usually a bad tactic, but in this case, it makes sense. The army on foot can’t cross this chasm until we are dealt with and only the Ifrits and dragons can deal with us.

My belly clenched at his words. I hated battle. I hated the results. I hated Ifrits. Thank goodness there were no innocents here and nothing that could be set on fire.

Raolcan felt tense, too, his wide circles narrowing and his mind distant as he gave orders to the dragons around us. A group of Reds swooped up, swirling in the air above the bridge in time with us.

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