The Summoned Dragon (Cycle of Dragons Book 4) by Dan Michaelson & D.K. Holmberg

Author:Dan Michaelson & D.K. Holmberg [Michaelson, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2021-08-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I sat inside of a temple on the side of Affellah, feeling the sense of pressure and heat, along with an energy that was almost physical. The power I detected around it was unlike anything I had known before, but I was certain it came from the volcano itself. The temple was sparse inside, befitting these lands—at least, what I had seen of them. The walls were bare stone with only a few decorations, as if celebrating the volcano and nothing else.

I had been waiting for the Servant to return. He had left me here once we had come to Affellah. The heat that radiated around me felt more like fire; they used it in an almost celebratory way, which was so different from what I was accustomed to within the kingdom.

The connection to the green dragon was there, though faint, as it had been since I returned here. I suspected that had to do with the way the Vard tried to separate me from the dragon so that I could find Affellah, though I no longer knew if that separation was intentional or simply tied to the power of their land.

I stepped outside of the temple. The building was enormous, hewn from the stone of the mountainside itself, and flowed along the side of the mountain. From above, it looked like a jagged rock, but from down here, I could see the tall fingers of rock formed into spires of power that stretched around it. They all reached toward the sky.

Toward Affellah. Toward power.

I found the green dragon watching the peak of the mountain.

“Have they bothered you?” I asked the dragon.

He swung his massive head toward me. I didn’t expect an answer. Not really. Only, as he looked at me, there was a sense of understanding in his eyes, something that suggested he was all too aware of what was taking place around him, and that perhaps he might provide some answer to me.

There came a momentary surge between us, a burst of power through which the dragon attempted to push a communication, though it didn’t provide any answers. It went through the connection between us, toward the cycle, then it faded, dwindling away again.

The Servant hadn’t said much to me other than that I needed to open myself to Affellah. He had brought me to the temple, but there hadn’t been anything within it that I thought I would be able to understand—at least, not without the Servant offering me his assistance. As I looked up the side of Affellah, I questioned whether answers might be found above. Perhaps I needed to visit the volcano in order to open myself up to Affellah.

I climbed onto the dragon’s back, getting into place, then he lurched forward. We circled around the stone mountainside of Affellah, moving quickly, the power of the dragon carrying us quickly into the air, his massive leathery wings beating at the sky. The faint sunlight drifted through the clouds, reflecting off his scaled sides. In

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