House of Darken by Jaymin Eve

Author:Jaymin Eve [Eve, Jaymin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

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My heart was pounding so hard that it felt like an actual drumbeat in my chest, but I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the fascinating – and terrifying – beasts. They looked exactly the way I imagined a dragon would, minus a few little details: as tall and wide as a house, with four powerful legs, a long spiked tail, huge head, and sharp teeth-filled jaws. One was dark, a shiny, shimmery black, like oil spilled across the top of water. I could see other colors within the inky coat of scales, but for the most part it was darkness. If darkness had thick wings lazily flapping behind to keep it aloft.

The other dragon was white, its coat almost blinding in its intensity, reflecting the light of this world. I couldn’t see a sun in the sky, which was a deep, rich emerald color, but something was definitely illuminating Overworld. I was distracted from my stunned observations by Lexen stepping forward, balancing precariously on the edge of the platform.

The drop below would have to be miles, and I fought the urge to reach out and pull him back. Surely he knew what he was doing, being this overlord and all. Whatever the hell that was.

The white dragon popped its huge head up right before him, and I managed to swallow my gasp, too petrified to do anything except stare. Its head alone was bigger than Lexen’s body. Shit, it probably had teeth bigger than his body. He didn’t seem worried, holding out a hand and waiting for the dragon to press its snout into it.

“Hey there, beautiful.” His voice was low and lilting, emotion resonating on each word. He then switched to another language, one that was musical and so damn beautiful that for a moment all of my fear calmed. I was entranced, focusing only on Lexen and his voice.

“Lotera muschin roatina, Qenita.”

“It’s a dragon,” I breathed, needing to say it out loud.

“Her name is Qenita. She’s bonded to Lexen,” Star whispered in my ear, her eyes lit up.

Ohmygod. Bonded to Lexen. What was happening? How was this my life?

Darkens around us started to move, all of them striding over to the carpet, which was twenty feet wide and the same deep. It was a shimmery white, looking like … well, a magic carpet, right down to the tassels which hung off the very end.

One by one the members of House of Darken leapt across – none of them afraid they were going to fall to their death – landing on the white rug. Lexen, finished greeting his dragon, turned to hurry the stragglers along.

Star used that superior strength to haul me over, letting me go when we neared the carpet. “We’re all taking the oblong sphere home. Don’t be afraid. Once you’re on, your feet will lock in place.”

I flailed my arms and dragged my feet. “I can’t jump down,” I gasped out, sucking in deep breaths. “Learn this about me immediately! No jumping or running. If

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