Land of Ice and Snow [Cairngorm Dragons 3] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Clair de Lune

Author:Clair de Lune
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

When Sigourney and the other two dragons landed in Alesund, people came running from every part of the town to the square, shouting to others and pointing as they ran. Soon a sizeable crowd had gathered round the three who were now back in human-form. The bystanders bowed or curtsied to Hamish in reverence, and then the crowd parted to allow Gudrin and Axl to reach them. Sigourney held up the torc, and her mother gathered her in a close embrace.

“Lachlann completed the challenge, and I am his now. Here is the golden torc.”

Axl embraced Lachlann. “I’m so very glad. You are just the man my little girl needs.”

“Gudrin, Axl, this is Hamish Munroe, the old one who has dwelt under the mountain for the last hundred years. Let’s go to the meeting hall, and there he can tell his story.”

This time Sigourney’s visit to the meeting hall was very different. Axl and Hamish entered by the large double doors and took seats by the fire. Lachlann seated himself by Hamish, and then Gudrin led her daughter to the seat next to him, afterward taking her place by her husband. Soon the hall was full to bursting with people all anxious to hear the story. Nothing much of an exciting nature ever happened in Alesund. This was a wonder indeed and would provide a topic of conversation for many a day. Sigourney smiled as she thought about the gossip that it would give rise to. She didn’t care. She had her mate. The golden torc was nowhere near so important to her.

When at last the doors were closed, Axl rose to his feet and addressed the throng.

“We are here to listen to the story of Hamish Munroe, an old one from over the ocean. Hamish, will you do me the great honour of sharing your story with us?”

Hamish didn’t rise, but his voice came strong and confident, reaching every corner of the large hall.

“The honour will be mine. I am from the Isle of Skye across the sea in Scotland, like Lachlann here. When I was fifteen, I met my mate. We were young and in love and too impatient to wait for the dragon mating rituals and ceremonies. Three years is an awful long time when you are young and in love. Our blood ran hot in our veins, and we saw no reason to wait, so we mated. We were so happy and very much in love. One day we went out sailing. The weather was perfect, warm and sunny, and the sea was calm. We sailed along the shore of Skye, talking and laughing and doing all the things that lovers do. We paid no heed to time or weather, and for that I blame myself. The mist, for which Skye is so famous, descended, and we could see nothing. The boat foundered on rocks, and Mairi and I were flung overboard.”

His voice cracked, but he regained his composure after drinking deeply from the goblet of wine that Axl handed to him.

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