Silver Dragon by Sarah Sarasota

Author:Sarah Sarasota [Sarasota, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight – Maalik

“It’s just a common cold, Balor. Further proof, we rushed the claiming of the land ritual.” I was certain the waves of sickness I felt were just the result of first contact with the germs that seemed always to surround humans. Luckily, I trusted my dragon blood would conquer the infection quickly. “It’ll be gone in a few hours.”

“And I keep telling you this isn’t some silly human sickness. It’s the mating call.”

I marched across the room and towered over my advisor. “Feel my head. It’s burning.”

Balor glared up at me and refused to raise a hand. “I’m certain it is not a fever, but I’ll find a thermometer if you need the proof.”

Proof. That was exactly what I needed. My head was spinning from all the strange occurrences and my advisor’s wild theories were not helping. Still, I waved away the thought of the thermometer. Human instruments could not measure dragon blood accurately no matter how similar our bodies were when we had shifted.

“Perhaps all you need to do is sit down and rest.” Balor pulled out a chair at the reading table and gave me a sly look.”

I spied the pile of ancient texts he had spent half the morning annotating and snorted. “I’m not reading any more of your fairy tales about the mating call. It is impossible that I am mated to this human, to this Cora.”

Saying her name had a strange, shivering effect on me, powerful enough that I couldn’t hide it from Balor. I swore out loud and strode away to comfort my aches by the fireplace. It didn’t help that I had never succumbed to a cold in my life. The symptoms I felt were clearly not my own but I refused to admit they were tied to that woman.

Balor muttered something that sounded dangerously close to: “ignorant, stubborn worm,” and disappeared until early evening.

He nearly made me jump out of my skin when I returned to the kitchen looking for a snack. My hunger was enormous and I could not quell it, no matter how much I ate. Balor was sitting at the kitchen table while he checked over the resumes of potential staff members and his voice snapped with frustration.

“We had a full grocery delivery this morning, enough to feed five dragons for two weeks, and now we’re down by almost half,” he pointed out.

“I know, I know,” I snarled. “I saw your notes.” I shoved away the comprehensive list my advisor had created about the mating call and sat down with another cold sandwich. “This doesn’t prove anything.”

The older man sighed heavily. “And that is no way to treat your hunger. What you need is a warm, fatty meal to finally satisfy your stomach. I heard there’s a local favorite, some kind of mesquite burger and steak fries. Doesn’t that sound better?”

I didn’t agree right away but I did put down my dry sandwich. “Have you found a potential cook?”

Balor sorted through the resumes and nodded. “But he won’t be able to start for at least a week.

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