Evenlight by Krista Walsh
Author:Krista Walsh [Walsh, Krista]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven's Quill Press
Published: 2015-01-11T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seventeen
They watched the dragon circle three times overhead, braced for the worst: for the beast to catch sight of them and decide they would make a tasty evening snack.
After the fourth time, it flew off, leaving horses and humans unscathed.
Jeff remained stiff until Brady thought it safe to flick the reins and push the horses onward. It took a while for the beasts to listen, the queen’s horses not as used to dragon sightings as the Feldall mounts. Jeff reached out to pat Swish’s flank as the gelding sped up to ride beside the sled. His eyes rolled, his feet stamping in the snow, but he hadn’t tried to run.
“Proud of you, buddy,” said Jeff, if only to say something and leave the fear behind him. Once he was sure his voice could come out without shaking, he called to Brady, “What does it mean?”
But Brady was lost in his own thoughts and didn’t appear to hear the question. Jasmine squeezed his shoulder and whispered something in his ear. Brady roused himself enough to give her a hint of a smile, but still didn’t speak.
“That was a dragon,” Ariana said, her face pale and damp with sweat. Jeff remembered his first dragon sighting all too vividly and thought she’d held up well in comparison.
Should it bother me that dragons are old hat now?
“Yes it was,” he said aloud. “Consider yourself initiated.”
Ariana gave him a weak smile, her trembling fingers wrapped around the blanket at her hips. “But it’s not your dragon, is that it? Not the one that Counsellor Reed has… bonded with?”
The princess had heard the whole story after it happened, when Feldall had returned to the capital to assure the queen that Raul was gone. Brady’s death and rise from the dead had been a point of particular interest for all involved. Brady had done what he could to keep the dragon part to himself, but none of them dared hide details at Ansella’s direct questions.
Now, with this interesting plot twist, Jeff was glad he got to skip over most of the background. He wasn’t sure he’d be able to lay it all out coherently.
“That is correct,” he said. “This one is new.”
Venn pulled her knees up to her chest and crossed her arms on top, staring up at the sky. “And that means trouble.”
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