Fall of Dragons (Sera's Curse Book 3) by Clara Hartley

Author:Clara Hartley [Hartley, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

We took a week to prepare for this expedition and had brought a huge band of people with us to explore Gaia.

Even then, we might have needed to pack more supplies.

I clutched Micah’s dragon form tightly as we soared through the empty skies. Everything about this place was empty—barren grass, fields, dried ground, and deserts. I wouldn’t be surprised if no rain had fallen in Gaia for years.

The winds blew constantly. A nice change from Raynea’s humid atmosphere, but we didn’t come here for the winds.

This was supposed to be Gaia, land of the humans, bustling with activity and life, far more than what was available in the Drae Lands. This was supposed to be home to my kind, my people.

Where were the crops?

The humans?

Why were there no signs of life?

Our troupe of explorers were the only living beings for miles. Beneath us, my ingorias ran, keeping up easily with the dragons on their feet. Their stamina surprised me. They must have been aching for exercise after being trapped in their kennels for so long.

If they ran out of breath, Rylan promised me he and his brothers would give them a ride. He had a wingspan capable of lifting four horse-sized wolves.

A cloud puffed in my face. I swatted it away, but water from it had already condensed on my skin.

“Mountains!” Bianca shouted at me. She raised an arm and pointed to a stretch of them, which ran in a zigzag pattern in the distance. Bianca had a beautiful voice, or so my father liked to say, but all I could hear was a shrill, annoying tune.

She should have stayed in Constanria.

She was perched on one of the servant-warriors who’d followed us here. They were the bravest of their kind, since many didn’t want to come to Gaia for fear they might never return. Loyal to Rylan, they called themselves the Evaradraes, draerins from families who’d sworn to the Everborne name two generations back.

We flew onward, toward the mountains since we weren’t sure where else to go.

The mountain range was capped with snowy tops, and above it, a large castle poked out, one I’d seen many times in history books. It crumbled at the sides, weathered down by time. I pushed myself up from Micah’s body to get a better look. “Is that . . .” My eyes widened. “It’s Dragon Keep!”

A place of myth. The home of the first king and queen.

Micah lowered and lifted his head in an exaggerated form of a nod. Rylan banked right, and so did everyone else. We traveled to the castle, stopping to pick up the ingorias and don clothes suitable for winter as we did. Soon after, Micah landed his talons into the frozen caps of the mountain.

Bianca lowered herself from the dragon she rode and walked to me, eyes bright with wonder. “It’s the home of the Everstone dragons. There must have been hundreds of hidraes living here a long time ago, filling the skies with their wings. Can you

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