Dragon Tide: Bubbles of Hope by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Hubric snorted, his leathery features crinkling into what might have been a grin or even a snarl.

“Speak for yourself, Gerond. I’ve never needed anyone to do my speaking for me.”

“I’m not sure anyone really wants to be my mentor,” I said, helping myself to more fruit as Nasataa grabbed an entire roast chicken, circling around it with snaps and snarls and then grabbing a leg and shaking it like he thought it still needed to be killed. “My last mentor died when her dragon was killed and the one before that died saving my life.” I tried to keep my tone light, but there was a lump in my throat. “Can we just be friends without a mentorship?”

“No,” Hubric said gruffly. “And I don’t die easy, so you won’t be getting out of this so easily.”

“Do you also breathe underwater? Because you might have trouble keeping up if you don’t.” I said, making my eyes large but trying not to show that I was laughing inside. The old fellow was all gruff and growls and I could just tell he was a huge softy inside. I could probably tease that out of him given enough time.

“I do not. But keeping up will not be a problem.”

“What a pity,” I said with my most innocent look. “We spend a lot of time underwater. I suppose you’ll need a lot of time to sleep though, won’t you?”

“Sleep?”

“Don’t old people sleep a lot? Old Janny in the village spends most of her time sleeping or drinking soup.”

The snarl he made was a combination of disbelief and irritation. I hid my grin behind a huge slice of melon.

“I am not so old as that!” he said when he was finished sputtering.

“It’s just I’d hate to see you wasting all your precious time mentoring squirrels and trees while I’m underwater. That hardly seems fair. Maybe you deserve a better person to mentor?” I batted my eyelashes innocently. I didn’t need a minder. And I didn’t like the idea of putting yet another person in harm’s way.

He snorted. “Nice try, little girl. I’ll have you know that we have a way around the underwater part – devices that make it possible to breathe underwater.”

“Like the Rock Eater’s patches?” I asked innocently.

His eyes narrowed for a moment and then he laughed. “I’m going to like you. I thought my last two charges were challenging, but you’re going to keep me on my toes, aren’t you?”

“I don’t know what you mean,” I said, smiling broadly. I was beginning to like the old fellow. “But, if you really want to help me, you can start by getting Heron free.”

“Heron?”

“My friend. He saved my life, but the dragons are holding him as a prisoner.”

“Well,” Hubric started to say, but he was cut off by a rumble in the ground beneath us. We all paused, listening.

The rumble intensified, growing deeper and heavier by the moment. Was that an earthquake? There were legends of those in our village – horrible events where the foundations of the world shook and moved.

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