The Kingdoms of Sky and Shadow Box Set: A Fantasy Romance by Foxglove Lidiya

Author:Foxglove, Lidiya [Foxglove, Lidiya]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Ezeru

I’m sure if no other rock dragons had appeared, mine would have stayed put. However, naturally the sight of all the other rock dragons in pursuit of a feast brought out a competitive streak and I saw the herd of them thundering down.

“Where did all those come from?” Gerala asked.

“That is odd,” Rothair agreed. “That’s a massive herd to be running around wild. There must be a new food source here.”

They immediately rushed into the feeding frenzy and started grabbing up the kuda roots. Once they had joined the group, Rothair looked around, and when he didn’t see any others coming, Gerala spread his hands. Now a relaxing mist spread among the dragons. They stopped battling over the roots and just chewed slowly. A few even dropped off into sleep.

Rothair lifted up the skull, chanting out a spell.

“Blood of Orvenu…show me your kin…”

My skin started to glow.

Startled, I shaped the rocks to cover me. Rothair and Gerala were too preoccupied with the rock dragons to notice. I carved out a slit from the rock so I could still watch.

So, I do have the blood of the king…after all. That was why Izeria chose me. I see…

“There is one, there!” Gerala said. I saw him walk through the rock dragons with a knife.

He was heading for Aknu! My own favorite. His dark gray scales glowed just like my skin. He was so busy eating, and so tamed by the mist, that he didn’t look up until Gerala was almost on top of him.

This was some sort of trick, then, to weed out any rock dragons with the blood of Orvenu. It sounded like it was something they were practiced in doing, as well.

“No!” I charged out of the rock, keeping some of the rocks bonded to my skin. Gerala froze. The rock shaped around my fist and he barely missed a punch that would have clocked him. He ducked aside, the knife knocked out of his hand.

“Ezeru!” Rothair exclaimed. “It’s you.”

I grabbed the knife. “You seem to know me, but who are you?”

“Sacred stones,” he said, eyes widening. “You really are a man.”

I was getting quite tired of this reaction; I’d heard it a lot. “It certainly doesn’t sound like a compliment,” I said. “I might try my hand at cutting out a tongue myself if you say it again.”

He chuckled. “Ezeru, I’m your uncle,” he said.

“If you’re implying that Izeria is my mother—she is no mother of mine.”

“Sons rebel sometimes,” Rothair said. “But you are still the only son she has. As you know, my sister has unfortunately been unable to have a child of her own blood. But…she had you. It pains me to hear this in person, that you are so ungrateful, after all the gifts she’s bestowed on you.”

“I’ve never heard of you,” I said.

“That’s because I’ve been in the sky world for many years,” Rothair said. “I am a potential guardian to the priestess of the gate, and so unlike most other dragons, I survived when I went through the gates.

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