Prisoner of Dragons by Cordelia Castel

Author:Cordelia Castel [Castel, Cordelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Master Jesper paced up and down the middle of the laboratory clasping its hands behind its back. The table rested on the side of the room with a replica of the area of the capital containing the palace and Magical Militia headquarters. Next to it sat the snowman squash, covered in dragon scales. It looked like Fyrian had been correct about the way dragons absorbed atmospheric magic as half the avatar’s buttons glowed with power.

Opposite, Stafford and Niger sat on a cot, leaving a three-foot space for me. My best friend’s face was the color of ash, and he clasped his hands together so tight, his knuckles went white.

I let the door click shut behind me. “Sorry I’m late.”

The troll gestured at the cot. “Sit, sit. You’ll update us later on what level of assistance the fairies offered the Prince Regent.”

The whole underside of the table contained a huge tank housing a fish as long as my arm but with a wide, bulbous head consisting of round eyes on the side of its face that shone like lamplights. In between these eyes sat a smiling mouth of prominent lips that reminded me of a shallow V. Instead of scales, finger-long spikes dotted its entire body.

“What is that thing?” asked Fyrian. “It looks poisonous.”

“I’m not sure it's for eating.” I turned to Master Jesper. “What’s that fish doing here?”

The troll shooed me to the cot. “All will be explained in good time. Sit. Cadet Perrault is eager to hear of our combined plans.”

“All right.” I lowered myself into the space between my friends and leaned into Niger’s side. He wrapped an arm around my back, resting his hand on my hip.

Stafford sniffled, and I slipped my hand over his. He relaxed a little and let our fingers intertwine.

Master Jesper reached into its robes and pulled out a medium sized staff. Unlike the types it usually carried, this one had a golden nib with a tiny crystal at the end. “Now that we have a quorum, it is time to begin. Cadet Griffon, will you explain to Cadet Perrault your plan to distract the witches to allow Cadet Bluford to escape Mount Fornax undetected?”

Niger updated Stafford, and I told the others about Muti and his classmates. “They know they’re going to be diversions, but they think they’ll be riding with Fyrian and me.”

Master Jesper gave me an encouraging nod. “Wonderful subterfuge. With so many riders causing havoc, the security witches will never think to look out for another rescue party.”

Stafford frowned. “If Niger’s making a big show of escaping with Fyrian and those other cadets, does that mean you’ll ride Flavo Fumi, then?”

I was about to admit that I hadn’t thought that far when Master Jesper waggled its finger. “Another rider passing the wards on the back of a dragon at the same time will arouse suspicion,” replied Master Jesper. “Madam Maritimus is a very clever witch with an excellent magical monitoring system.”

“What about the underground passageways we found last time?” I asked.

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