Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull

Author:Brandon Mull
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Published: 2017-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Seth sat trying to get his temper under control in a fancy room with furniture and walls done in shades of green. He knew this mission was diplomatic. And he knew Kendra wanted him to be polite. But it had been hard to stand there taking insults from Mr. Neutral.

“Are you all right, Seth?” Garreth asked.

Seth realized his expression was probably not very guarded. “Never better.”

“My father tends to speak his mind,” Garreth apologized.

Seth couldn’t hold back. “If he has so many brilliant ideas about how to run the sanctuary, maybe he should get involved.”

“Seth!” Kendra scolded.

Garreth held up a hand to stop her. “I hear him. The complaint makes sense, though you’re right to bring it up with me rather than with old Stony Face, especially when he is before an audience. Plenty of the Fair Folk are reluctant about our neutrality, including me.”

“Really?” Seth asked. “Then why not join the fight?”

“It’s complicated,” Garreth said. “The neutrality wasn’t imposed by my father. It’s a long-standing policy for all the Fair Folk.”

“Wouldn’t want to mess up a policy,” Seth grumbled.

“The ancients set the rules,” Garreth said. “Our ancient leaders make the Fairy Queen seem young. The Fair Folk have a long history. Experience has shown that when we get involved in conflicts, the trouble gets worse for everyone.”

“So you sit out of every fight,” Seth said.

Garreth shrugged. “It isn’t easy. There are times I want to get involved. Injustices I want to right. Embattled innocents I want to rescue. But who am I to shatter our truce? We would respond against a direct attack. We keep our defenses ready. But thanks to our neutrality, the Fair Folk have not suffered a major attack in thousands of years.”

“What if the sanctuary falls?” Kendra asked. “You’ll do nothing?”

“The Fair Folk are not in charge of Wyrmroost,” Garreth said. “Terrabelle can stand even if the sanctuary fails. We will look to our own defenses.”

“Do you care if it falls?” Seth asked.

“Of course I care,” Garreth said. “We all care. We want stability. We don’t want mayhem. But we won’t break our neutrality.”

Seth couldn’t help noticing that Garreth sometimes used nicknames for his dad in private but was very polite in public. He doubted whether Garreth would share his dissatisfaction about the neutrality in public either. Were all the Fair Folk like this? Afraid to speak their minds? Afraid to stand up for what they believed?

The door opened and Dalgorel entered with a girl about Seth’s age. Seth tried not to pay too much attention to girls as a rule, but this one was stunning—light blue eyes, black hair that fell in twisty curls, and a beautiful face.

“We meet again,” Dalgorel said. “May I present my daughter, Eve. I understand you may have brought a small creature for her amusement.”

Seth reached into his pocket and pulled out Calvin. The nipsie gave a quick bow. “I’m more a tiny person than a creature,” Calvin explained. “No fins or fangs or exotic feathers. Hope I don’t disappoint.

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