The Dragon Seed Box Set by Resa Nelson

Author:Resa Nelson [Nelson, Resa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-02T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

When Skallagrim reached the boardwalk, he stood still, confused about the sight unfolding before him.

Minutes later, Bruni ran to catch up with him. She paused by his side. “Benzel!” she cried, rushing forward past Skallagrim and toward the crumpled figure of the elderly dragonslayer who had been their teacher so many years ago.

Skallagrim stared at the scene until he realized one of the dead bodies he saw belonged to a dragon. He shook his head in disbelief and ran toward it. “Lumara?” he called.

Instead of hearing his wife answer, Skallagrim saw drops of fire fall from the sky and land on the boardwalk in front of him like rain.

The fire drops piled up and took the shape of a woman with pale white skin and black hair that swirled like wisps of smoke. The fire spread into a swirling gown sparkling with orange, red, and yellow gems. “Lumara was my sister,” she said. “I’ve come to take her spirit back to my realm.”

“No,” Skallagrim said, trying to make sense of all that happened around him. “If you have the power to take her to another realm, you can bring her back to life.”

When the woman who had taken form from the rain of fire walked toward the figure of the motionless dragon, Pingzi Po looked and cried out, “Fiera! Dragon Goddess, please!” She cradled the body of her husband, Hsu Mao. “He died helping us fight these demons. Can you give him life?”

Fiera kept walking until she reached the dragon. She placed her hand on its skin, and the dragon’s body turned into a pile of ash.

“No!” Skallagrim cried. He sank to his knees in front of the ashes and looked at them in horror.

But the ash lifted into the air and took Lumara’s form. Flakes of burning ember shone in place of her eyes.

Skallagrim stood to face the woman made of ashes, struck speechless by the sight.

An ashy hand touched his face, leaving a smudge behind that made him look as if he’d spent the day with a blacksmith.

“Lumara still lives,” Fiera said, “but she no longer exists in this world.” Her voice darkened when she turned to face Skallagrim. “Make sure her sacrifice was not in vain.”

Fiera dissolved into droplets of fire that shot up toward the sky, followed by the ashy form of Lumara.

Skallagrim stood still for several minutes, looking up at the sky and choking back his tears.

Finally, a hiccupping cry brought his attention back to earth.

Drageen stood where Lumara’s dragon body had collapsed into a pile of ashes before rising into the sky. The boy used both arms to hold a newborn baby. “I did what Mama said,” Drageen said in a solemn voice. “I guarded her. I kept her safe. I protected her from the bad people.”

They are what’s left of Lumara. What she left behind.

Skallagrim reached down and took his daughter from his son’s arms. He knew she’d hatched from an egg, just like Drageen. Skallagrim knew she had powers that he had yet to fully understand.

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