Dragonmancer by Simon Archer

Dragonmancer by Simon Archer

Author:Simon Archer [Archer, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-08T22:00:00+00:00


15

Deyla and I touched down on the dragon circle by the Academy and dismounted our dragons. It surprised me to see Allie, Aron’s dragon, and a few others there as well. Victoria and Prenna laid down and curled up with each other in preparation for a nap as we headed for the entrance.

“It’s time for you to meet Heather,” Deyla told me when we reached the door.

“Who is Heather?” I asked as we walked in, and the door closed behind us.

“She is the leader of the Witnesses,” she replied. “One of the dragons at the circle was hers.”

“Ah,” I said as Deyla led me directly to the Reflection room, now buzzing with activity.

Aron, Gale, and several other women I hadn’t met yet were sitting at the tables, and a few were pacing around. Anxiety thickened the air. I felt rather than saw Deyla stiffen beside me.

“We didn’t know where you two had gotten off to,” Gale said, rushing to us as relief washed over her worried face.

“I was choosing my dragon,” I said even though she already knew that. “Guess it took longer than I thought it would.” I shrugged.

“Aron flew out there to get you, but you had already left,” Gale replied as she grabbed both of us by the hands and pulled us into the room.

“We went on the south route to get here,” Deyla told her. “Aron usually sticks to the north. That is probably why we missed each other. Has it happened again?”

As the two women spoke, I whipped my head to look at Deyla. She was staring at Gale intently.

“Yes,” Gale replied, hanging her head.

“Has what happened again?” I demanded to know. It was obviously something terrible.

When we reached the front of the room, all eyes turned to me. Gale put her hand up to the room.

“Give me a minute to fill them in,” she spoke loudly. The echo I’ve experienced in the room before had disappeared. Pressing angst and flat voices were all that was present. Gale turned to Deyla and me with a hushed voice. “Three more girls are missing from the river.”

“Missing? What girls? And what do you mean, more?” The protectiveness I’d felt the day before after interacting with the Living History journal flooded over me. Deyla put her hand on my arm gently.

“On occasion, there will be horribly unfortunate drownings at our river. We use the water to relax, we collect it for certain spells, and we appreciate its beauty. The drownings have been getting more frequent of late, though,” Deyla informed me.

“It’s even more frustrating this time,” Gale added. “The girls were three of our strongest swimmers.”

Deyla turned her head as two women walked up to us. One of them was Aron, and I had a notion that the other was Heather. Deyla was horrified.

“Selena, Ann, and Geraldine?” she asked Aron. Aron nodded slowly, sadness flashing across her eyes.

“Selena? As in the Selena we were with before?” I asked Gale quickly.

“Yes,” she answered me. “We need to get to



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