Rohn (Dragons of Kratak Book 1) by Ruth Anne Scott

Author:Ruth Anne Scott [Scott , Ruth Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The Ursidrean column crossed the rocky steppes leading back to their own territory. Chris paused on the ridge and laid her hand on Emily’s arm. “This is where we separate.”

Emily stopped. “Do you have to go?”

Chris nodded. “This is the last place we can turn off to enter our own territory, and we’ve been gone too long already. If we wait much longer, I won’t be able to travel at all.”

Emily squeezed her hand. “I wish you didn’t have to go. These weeks we’ve spent together have been so precious to me. You can’t imagine....” She broke off.

Chris gazed into her eyes. “I feel the same way. You don’t know how grateful I am to you for bringing us out here.”

Emily glanced around. “Really? I don’t know why you’re grateful for me dragging you away from your family to stop a war that was never going to start.”

Chris shook her head. “If you hadn’t, our factions wouldn’t be talking peace right now. Because of you, we’ll spend the next hundred years working together to make Angondra a better place for everyone. I know Turk is grateful, too.”

Emily tried to laugh, but she had to swallow the lump in her throat just to talk. “He says he doesn’t want to be Alpha, but now he’s on his way home to take over the negotiations. He’ll be more Alpha than Caleb.”

Chris smiled. “That’s why he’s grateful. He always thought he was happy by himself in the mountains—with me, I mean. But now he has a new sense of purpose. He has more hope for our future, and he’s inspired to lead our people into a new era of peace. I’ve never seen him like this before. He’s a different person.”

“What about you?” Emily asked. “Are you going to be happy in the village, being the Alpha’s wife?”

“I’ll have Marissa to commiserate with,” Chris replied. “And I’ll have the rest of my family, too. It’s you I’m worried about.”

“Me? Why?” Emily asked.

“You’re going back to Harbeiz,” Chris replied. “Faruk will be just as mixed up in politics as Donen. Donen is making him his right-hand man renegotiating the borders between the three factions. You might not see much of him, and he was always unhappy in the city. He loved the mountains as much as Turk loved the forest.”

“He may not have liked the city much,” Emily agreed, “but his heart was always on the border. Now the border means something different. It doesn’t mean war and conflict and destruction. It means cooperation and friendship. Faruk is as excited about the future as the rest of us.” She laughed. “I’m as excited about the future as the rest of us, too.”

“Do you think you’ll see Frieda again?” Chris asked.

“I don’t know,” Emily replied. “But in a way, I found her the way I wanted to. I know where she is, and I know she’s happy and settled there. If I really need to see her and talk to her, I know where to find her.

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