Heart Of Destiny_Book One Of The Heart Of The Citadel by Susan Faw

Author:Susan Faw [Faw, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Lesson Plans

THE YOUNG WOMEN SPENT the better part of the day with the dragons, making introductions, learning how to identify the different breeds, how to define their strengths and weaknesses (the dragons admitted to none of the latter). It didn’t take long for the young women to realize that the Djinn could speak to the dragons.

“How do you do that?” said Jannah, amazed. Her triad included a fierce golden-eyed dragon named Topaz and his Djinn, Titan.

“It is a magical gift, inherent in our race, but not given to all. Not all Djinn can bond with a dragon’s mind, so we are a rare group. The bonding is performed during a special ceremony.”

“Can we learn to do it?”

“No. Not as humans.” On that cryptic note, he turned away and would speak of it no more.

They worked with the dragons until late in the afternoon when the setting sun spilled through the opening to the outside world, drilling through the dim interior and splashing up against the far wall. Phosphorescent rock absorbed the light and began to glow with a mellow light soaking up the last rays of the first day. The gong sounded ending the lesson, and the young women wearily trudged up to their rooms to wash and report to dinner. Fresh air, hot food, and a moment to rest had heads nodding over dinner. Before dark had fully descended, they were sent to their beds and were asleep before the lights were turned out.

Once the young women were retired, the headmistress called a meeting of the few teachers to return, along with the Djinn, to debrief and go over the next day’s plans.

Ten Djinn and five white-haired teachers of an age to match the headmistress sat around the low wooden table in squashy armchairs, mugs of fragrant tea scenting the air. Flames roared in the fireplace of the comfortable sitting room, chasing off the chill of night’s descent. In Gaia, white hair might be a sign of age, but all of the teachers were in fact quite young. The magic of the bonding with Djinn and dragon had a side effect of elongating their lives. The only bodily aspect that was not slowed by the bonding was hair colour. No one quite knew why, but within a couple years of being bonded every triad bonded human’s hair turned a glorious white. They could will their hair any colour while bonded, as part of the shared magic, but it would naturally revert to white when the illusion was dropped.

The scant number of teachers was a concern for Madame Cherise. It was a pathetic showing for what had been the pinnacle of schools when magic reigned supreme.

She stood up to address her companions. “Thank you for answering the call, my friends. We lost too many fine young teachers during the Great Purge. I’d like to offer a toast to missing friends.” She raised her cup of tea and toasted the ghosts of her memories.

The other teachers followed suit with a

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