Heart of Destiny (Heart of the Citadel Book 1) by Susan Faw

Author:Susan Faw [Faw, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fallbrandt Press
Published: 2020-09-30T05:00:00+00:00

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Dragon Games

Over the next couple of days, the balance of the chosen arrived at the training grounds. Once they were settled in their chambers, the Djinn assigned to each trainee returned, to introduce the young women to the school. They took them on long guided walks to the various sections of the mountain-based facility. In silence, the newcomers toured the ancient school, which was so different from the lives they had led in their native provinces. Little was said and few questions asked as they struggled to absorb not only the physical changes in themselves but in their surroundings.

The school was built with security and longevity in mind. The classrooms and training facilities were carved from solid rock to create whatever space was required. The smoothed walls were the work of dragon flame, the rock melting away under the intense heat. The early architects of the school had envisioned a world where the dragons would become teachers and the flying stadium was a lecture hall built for them, to teach the students not only how to team up with their dragon but also how to fight from its back. The dragons especially loved the battle training and helped forge the weapons to be used in combat. The humans built forges for the dragons, complete with quenching barrels and hammering anvils. The dragons contributed their flame and the magic inherent in their species to the weapon while the humans shaped it. But the weapon was of Djinn design. The flaming trident had long been the trademark weapon of the Djinn but was impossible to wield by humans due to their physical limitations. The weapon’s strength came directly from the Djinn and was nothing more than a fork in the hands of a human.

The humans soon learned to forge swords in the flame of the dragons, breathing into the tempered metal the heat of battle. To the merged human, it could become a weapon of flame, moving from a solid to gaseous state.

Fascinated by the arena, the young women began to talk to their Djinn, forgetting the strangeness of the situation, in the excitement of learning about the dragons. When they discovered that they would be trained on how to ride a flying dragon and also how to fight from the back of one, they gasped in unison. Flying lessons were on all of their minds from that moment on.

On the second day, Master Conteur, professor of history, brought them into his favourite classroom, which was actually the library off of his office. Once they were all seated in the overstuffed couches, he handed out a stack of books to each of the young women.

“You will find the complete history of both Gaia and Jintessa and a comparative compendium contained within those tomes. The aging process you have undergone plus the magic of this land has accelerated your academic learning abilities. You are expected to learn the history and geopolitical situation of both Gaia and Jintessa. From these books, you will learn everything you need to know to perform your future missions.

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