Haven Lost (The Dragon's Brood Cycle Book 1) by Josh de Lioncourt

Author:Josh de Lioncourt
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Draconis Entertainment
Published: 2018-02-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Emily fingered the hilt of her sword awkwardly. Corbbmacc was still kneeling beside the bed, his head in his hands. He hadn’t spoken since they’d come in. Garrett had gone to sit on the edge of the bed beside his wife and had taken her hand tenderly into his own. Monstrous countenance or not, there was no mistaking the warmth with which he looked at her and the newborn.

Mona, apparently immune to the tension in the room, had eyes only for her son. She sat, rocking him in the crook of one arm and cooing under her breath.

The only parts of the babe Emily could see from where she stood were the tips of the ridges that crowned his head and his tiny scaled hand. As she watched, he reached up and caught hold of a lock of his mother’s golden hair, tugging on it with surprising strength, far outside the range of normal, human infants. A strange conflict of emotions raged inside her. She was touched by the obvious love she saw in the new parents’ eyes, yet repelled by the reptilian fingers, each tipped with a wickedly sharp claw, that entangled themselves in Mona’s hair. Would those glistening scales be warm or cold to the touch? How could such a creature born of two such different parents exist at all?

Celine tugged on her arm, and she looked around. The girl raised her eyebrows. The question was plain enough. Should they go? Emily felt like an intruder in this scene of family drama. She wished someone would tell her to go somewhere else while it unfolded. She didn’t relish the idea of wandering aimlessly around the unfamiliar house either, though.

Over Celine’s shoulder, she could see Michael, staring blithely into an empty corner of the room. His eyes moved rapidly back and forth, as if he were tracking something only he could see.

She looked down at Corbbmacc’s bowed head. There were clearly unresolved issues here. Maybe they should go and wait outside in the hall until whatever was going to happen, well, happened.

She nodded at Celine and turned to leave, but Mona’s voice stopped her.

“Oh, don’t go. Corbbmacc will get over himself in a bit. Please stay. Garrett, move over and make room for them.”

“Mona, ” Garret protested, “you need…”

“Oh, shush. I’m fine. Move over.”

Garrett sighed and straightened, shifting his bulk to make space for Emily and Celine along the edge of the bed.

This was intensely uncomfortable. They didn’t even know these people. Emily glanced back at Celine for help, but the other girl only shrugged, nearly dislodging Rascal from his perch, and sank down onto the corner of the bed.

Emily stood, uncertain, wishing she was anywhere else in the world. An image of a bright blue eye staring out of a tree trunk filled her mind for a moment, and she smiled wryly to herself. Okay, maybe not anywhere—but it was a near thing.

“Please,” Mona said again. “It’s been so long since I met anyone new. At least, anyone new worth talking to.

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