The Dragon's Throne by Emily L K

Author:Emily L K [K, Emily L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, dragons, Second world, fantasy, magic
Publisher: Emily L K
Published: 2019-03-03T22:00:00+00:00

HER CONTENTEDNESS DIDN’T follow her into sleep that night. She dreamed of Quart at first and her hands around his neck. She squeezed, relishing the snap of his spine. But Quart transformed into Bel and Cori found herself staring into her mother’s dark and vacant eyes. She let go of her throat and watched in horror as she slid to the ground.

“You killed her!” Saasha screeched and chased Cori with the bloody meat cleaver.

“No! I swear!” Cori cried but Saasha transformed, growing large and green and scaled.

The dragon snarled and loomed over her. Cori squeezed her dream eyes closed as the dragon collided with her shoulder and she opened her waking eyes.

She sat up with a gasp, feeling pain shoot through her chest and shoulder. She pulled up her sleeve and watched the bruise bloom down her arm. It wasn’t the worst she’d had but it still hurt. She let the sleeve drop and looked across the fire. She was surprised to see Rowan still up.

He was sitting with his knees drawn to his chest and his chin on his knees. He was looking in her direction but he wasn’t staring at her, rather through her. He had dark circles under his eyes and he was as haggard as if he’d missed a week’s worth of sleep instead of a few hours.

“Rowan?” She asked tentatively. He didn’t respond. She drew her blankets tighter around her shoulders and glanced at the sky; it wasn’t yet midnight. Without thinking, she reached towards him with her Hum. The maelstrom she connected with had her on her feet in an instant.

“Rowan, no!” She scrabbled around the fire towards him. He still didn’t respond but when she knelt in front of him, she could see him tapping a tune with the fingers of his right hand against his left calf. She immediately recognised the song as the one he had occasionally tapped when they had been riding, but now was not the time to ponder its meaning.

“Rowan cut it out. You can’t have a blowout here.” His eyes slowly came to her face, and a smile played at the corner of his lips.

“You said we wouldn’t do it without each other. You promised, remember?” She caught him by the shoulders and gave him a shake. Her Hum pressed against his mind, trying to rouse a reaction from him but her attempts seems futile. She growled in frustration. How could she stop this slow spiral out of control?

“Are you going to leave me alone, Rowan? Are you going to burn out and leave me here by myself? Should I bury you or just leave you in the grass to be pecked at by carrion birds like Daze and his men?” That seemed to get his attention. He blinked and looked at her a little clearer. She hadn’t realised she’d been steadily shaking him until he raised his hands to still her arms.

“Rum,” he croaked.

“Yes!” She dove for the pack, pulling out bits of food and clothing until she felt the flask at the bottom.

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