Sea of Dragons (Quest of the Nine Isles Book 2) by C. Greenwood

Author:C. Greenwood [Greenwood, C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

I woke to find myself back in my own body again. The boy was gone, as was the dragon and the marshland that had surrounded them.

I blinked up at the rocky roof overhead. Usually when I awoke from my brief glimpses into other people’s lives, I felt unsettled. But this time I was calm. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen between the dragon and the boy. For his sake, I hoped the boy would tread carefully. Skybreaker could be vicious toward strangers, and it wouldn’t take much provocation for him to tear the child to pieces.

But at least I now knew where the dragon was and what he was up to. After our forced departure on board the pirate’s ship, I had feared what would become of Skybreaker.

I was also comforted to know the mapmaker was hard at work on the map I had commissioned. Although I had no idea how I would ever get back to him, it was a relief to know the work was underway. Now all I had to do was figure out how to return to those shores. And before I could do that, I needed to know more about the place where Basil and I had landed.

I sat upright, careful to avoid hitting my head on the overhanging stone. Curled up against my back, Basil snored on. His hat covered his face, probably to keep off the drips of rain that had found their way into our shelter during the storm.

But the rain had passed now. As I peered out at the stretch of beach in front of us, I found that the wind had died down and the clouds were dissipating. Pools of fresh water still stood in hollows in the sand and in the crevices of the surrounding rocks. But the air seemed warmer, now that there was no longer a sharp gale cutting through my clothing. My hair and clothes were still slightly soggy. But considering how lucky I was to have survived the previous night, I was in no condition to complain.

Crawling out of the little cave, I looked up and down the beach. Blue waves crashed onto the pale sand. I felt a rush of relief at finding there was nothing on the horizon but endless sea. I had half feared I would glimpse the threatening shape of the Sea-Vulture sailing toward us. But there was no boat, none but the flimsy dinghy that had carried us here. It lay a little way down the shore where we had left it pulled high enough to be out of the reach of the foamy waves.

I looked inland. Here there were tall trees and boulders and, in the distance, craggy bluffs poking up above the treetops. I was fairly sure this was an island, encircled on all sides by the sea. But I couldn’t be positive until I had walked its perimeter. Strange that I should find myself stranded yet again on a lonely isle, much like the one I had landed on after the sinking of Corthium.

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