Dragon's Heart by Michelle Rabe

Author:Michelle Rabe [Rabe, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Clean & Wholesome, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romantic, Sword & Sorcery, Teen & Young Adult, Inspirational
ISBN: 9781523677207
Amazon: B01BR165FE
Published: 2016-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Killian sat at his desk, his right arm in a sling, a reminder not to use it while it healed. Spread in front of him were the most recent communications from Lakeshire. He’d taken over many of Serena’s duties with regard to governing her province since her disappearance. While focused on the household accounts in front of him, he didn’t notice a soft tapping on the door.

“Your Highness.” Thomas stepped into Killian’s study. He waited until the prince looked up, a question in his eyes. “Gerald, the chief archivist, has the information you requested.”

Killian’s heart skipped a beat and kicked up a notch. He took a deep breath and set his quill aside. “Send him in, and ask Captain Ryan to join us as well, please.” Any other member of his family or the court wouldn’t have been polite about the request. They would have ordered and expected obedience.

“Of course, Highness.” Thomas bowed and left Killian alone with his thoughts.

Silence pressed in around him, he laid his hand over Serena’s ring and did the only thing he’d been able to do since she disappeared, prayed for her safe return or some clue that would lead him to her.

A few moments later, the door opened, and Ryan stepped into the room, followed by a small, man who stood hunched over and walked with a limp. Tufts of white hair poked out from under the leather cap he wore.

“Your Highness,” the old man’s voice trembled though Killian knew it had nothing to do with fear. The man’s demeanor said he was familiar with royalty. “I have found the information you asked me to research.”

“Thank you.” Killian forced himself to stick to the niceties in spite of his desperate desire to know. “What have you found?”

“I must admit the work took me longer than I had expected. And my conclusions are rather strange, your Highness,” the older man said while setting a large, thick tome on the prince’s desk. “The particular item is something that has not been seen for at least twenty years, perhaps more.” He opened the book to a page more than halfway through. “What you found was once the sigil of house Arryan.” He tapped a rendering of the seal with one gnarled finger.

“I’ve never heard of that house before.” Killian reached out and traced the drawing with his fingers.

“That is because they were a Dragon Fey clan.”

Ryan scoffed. “The Dragon Fey are a myth. A fanciful tale of dragons mating with fey before both races died out.”

“No, Captain,” the scholar said while shaking his head, “the Dragon Fey are not myth. They are, in fact, quite real. Though it is believed their numbers have dwindled with too few left for them to be a force in the world anymore.”

“They are creatures of magic like the fey? Magic has died out. It is no longer in the world. How can a magical race survive?” Ryan asked.

“Magic is too powerful to be obliterated. I, and many others, believe it has simply changed, become something else in order to survive.

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