Tani's Destiny (Hearts of ICARUS Book 2) by Laura Jo Phillips

Author:Laura Jo Phillips [Phillips, Laura Jo]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kathleen Honsinger
Published: 2014-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Tani opened her eyes, surprised to find herself standing on the mesa above the caves. She looked down, frowning when she didn’t see any people at all. None on the cliff face, none in the valley below. As she stood there, wondering what had happened to everyone, her view slowly began to change. She watched, both fascinated and confused, until she realized that she must be asleep, and this must be a dream. There was no other possible explanation. With that, she relaxed and watched the scenery around her transform from the dry, dusty red sand and rocks to something else entirely.

The earth and rocks were still red, but the view now was beautiful. A broad river ran through the valley, and there were plants and trees everywhere she looked, most of them a dark, deep green. More surprising than anything else were the dragons that slowly materialized until they were everywhere she looked. There were big ones, little ones, medium sized ones, and a few were simply enormous. They were different colors, too. Green, yellow, blue, white, brown, and every color in between. Some flew through the air, some splashed and played in the river, some laid out on the rocks, their faces to the warmth of the sun.

“This was our world, then, in the time you now see,” a voice said into her mind. She turned her head slowly to see a huge red dragon watching a group of small dragons fly in and out of the clouds overhead, her orange eyes sad. “You’re not afraid of me,” the dragon said. “I find that curious as humans have ever been fearful of dragons.”

“My parents are what we call dracons. Dragons, but mammalian rather than reptilian.”

The dragon raised one scaly foot, then paused. “May I?” Tani nodded, and laid her hand on top of the dragon’s foot, the deep red scales silky smooth and cool to the touch. The dragon closed her eyes for a few moments, then lowered her foot back to the ground. “I understand now. Your family are shifters. Your dracon greatly desires escape, but she hasn’t the strength. That makes you sad.”

“I’ve only just realized she’s there, but yes, it makes me sad,” Tani said. She looked up at the dragons playing in the sky, then back to the red dragon beside her. “The Xanti destroyed all of this.”

The red dragon bowed her head in agreement. “I am Magda, and you are called Tanjelia, is that correct?”

“Yes, it is,” Tani replied. “Am I dreaming?”

“In a sense, yes,” Magda replied. “That doesn’t make this any less real though.”

“No, it doesn’t,” Tani agreed. Magda nodded her huge head approvingly.

“The Xanti wanted the metal in our land, so they took it. But first, they set our world on fire because we had nothing to offer them. Or so they thought.” The dragon lifted her lips, then relaxed them in a smile. “Not that we would have given them anything to begin with, but that is neither here nor there.

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