Jae & Fendellen by Shae Geary & Audrey Faye

Author:Shae Geary & Audrey Faye [Geary, Shae & Faye, Audrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
Publisher: Fireweed Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Fendellen nosed in through the heavy flaps that kept the nursery closed off from the winter cold. She exhaled into the dim and nodded at the open eye of the yellow dragon keeping watch over his charges. She glanced at the nest where three bodies slept, tangled together in one colorful pile. ::How is Squirt?::

::Tired.::

That was a word that covered many possibilities, but the old dragon didn’t sound worried. ::She flew quite the distance today. Even with others holding her air steady, it was quite the feat for one newly hatched.::

::So everyone keeps telling her.:: Kis snorted wryly. ::Her head will be bigger than her body soon, and she won’t be able to get off the ground.::

No words could match the joy of a flight in the sky, but she would not remind the old warrior of that. Once, he would have been the skilled flier on the wings of the newest little testing their wings. Instead, he stayed on the ground as others kept his charges safe.

::Your kin did well. Afran tells me she has a sense for the air that he hasn’t seen since you took to your wings.::

That was even higher praise than he had given to Jae—and it wasn’t wrong. ::She has a feel. One that will only grow as she gains in confidence.::

Kis adjusted his head so he gazed on her with two eyes. ::That’s why you’re here.::

It was, and it was a little disturbing how easily he still read her thoughts. Queens required privacy.

::You’re not queen yet.::

It was good to have someone to remind her of that. Fendellen made her way over to the curve in the wall that had always seemed made just for her and nestled into a ball. Dragon or not, she appreciated the warmth, and a chance to let her thoughts bubble up in peace.

Kis waited silently, just as he’d done when she was a little trying to squirm her way around something difficult. She looked over at his current batch of babies, sound asleep and not yet appreciating just how carefully they were watched and nurtured, and when it was time, pushed out of the nest. Or tucked back into one if they took a headlong flight early, depending on their personality.

Jae wasn’t the headlong type. Not unless a Dragon Star was bossing her around, anyhow. ::How do you know when it’s time?::

Kis followed her gaze to the hatchlings. He didn’t ask her what she meant. ::You will know. Your head will know, and your wisdom.:: He paused. ::Your heart might need some help to get there.::

Her heart squeezed. He had sent forth so many from the nursery, but he would shake off her sympathy, so she didn’t offer it. ::Jae is grown in some ways, but not in others.::

::Perhaps.:: He was quiet a while, his eyes bright in the comforting dim. ::You did well, these past two days. She is finding her place in the village, as you intended.::

Keeping anything a secret from the dragon who knew her best was impossible.

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