Dragon School_Ascendant Light by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Ahlskibi’s aim wasn’t as accurate as Raolcan’s. He careened across the platform. Skidding and spinning, flaming randomly at anything that moved. I ducked low, protecting my face with my arms in case he hit me. What was he thinking?

It’s a dragon fear response. He doesn’t like what Leng is telling him. Not one bit.

What was my husband telling him?

I looked up to see Leng leap off of Ahlskibi’s back, sword in hand. He sprang into a fighting stance and gave a shout. Iskaris spun, his masked crown gleaming in the light of the rising moon. The intricate dragons in the carved crown seemed to gleam with a light of their own. He drew a blade with his lone hand, but his head tilted to the side in curiosity.

“My brother’s blood calls out for you,” Leng called. “Come. Face me. I will join your death to his.”

“Brother?” Iskaris was not loud, but his voice seemed to ring across the platform. Was that natural to him, or an effect of the masked crown?

“Shonan, Dominar of these lands.”

Iskaris’ laugh was mocking. “He was your brother? I killed him before your eyes!”

“I haven’t forgotten.”

“Boy, I’ve killed a thousand men and I’ll kill a thousand more. I can add you to the tally if you’re so set on it.”

“You stole a crown that isn’t yours, stole a nation that didn’t belong to you, stole the lives of innocents. It’s time you paid for that.”

Iskaris slashed his sword through the air dramatically. “I’ve never taken anything that didn’t already belong to me. This whole land and every soul within it ... they’re mine.”

What was Leng thinking? If Shonan couldn’t defeat Iskaris one on one, why did Leng think he could? I felt ill watching him mock a man like Iskaris - ill with worry. I didn’t want to watch my love slain on these stones any more than I’d wanted to watch Shonan die. Couldn’t there be another way? After all, we had two dragons just sitting here while they threw comments back and forth? Why didn’t they try to knock this imposter off his feet?

Raolcan moved subtlely and Ahlskibi – now riderless – joined him. Flames burst from their mouths, hot and quick, narrowly missing Leng as they concentrated their power to destroy one single target.

The Dominar laughed as their flames washed over him, never touching his skin, though it singed the guards around him.

“I suppose you don’t know much about the dragon crown, do you? I didn’t at first, either. But it makes a lot of sense. If a man is going to lead a kingdom of dragons, he’ll need to be immune to their flames. Whoever crafted this crown was ingenious. As long as I’m wearing it, the flame does nothing to me. Your dragons are useless.”

A half dozen Silver dragons descended suddenly, surrounding our dragons with their bulk. Not only was their flame useless, they were also blocked from physically interfering with the fight.

And now Leng was trapped into a fight with Iskaris.

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