The Sentinels by Bethany Adams

Author:Bethany Adams [Adams, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub

As the lights of Cardiff twinkled far below, Tarah tightened her grip on the dragon’s neck and fought to keep her eyes open. If she hadn’t had to close them to ease the nausea she felt any time Caeregas changed course unexpectedly, staying awake wouldn’t have been such a struggle, even with the soothing repetitiveness of his wingbeats. She wasn’t afraid of heights—sitting atop a dragon with no restraints was enough to make anyone ill.

Perhaps it would have been exhilarating with some kind of harness to keep her safe.

At least she and Bes had taken a road trip out here once to celebrate Alban Elfred—the autumn equinox—with a few of their Druid friends. Now that they were close enough to make out familiar details of the landscape, Tarah directed Caeregas to reinforce his shields and fly up the River Taff. They still had two or three hours before dawn, so the old keep at Cardiff Castle was sure to be abandoned. With the roof to the giant round tower gone, it would be an excellent place for a dragon to land.

“I’m not sure if they have security cameras,” Tarah said. Then, of course, she had to try to explain what a camera was. The poor dragon had little understanding despite all she’d tried to impart. “But I have a spell to hide us from those. It’s a basic necessity for an elf or fae living in a major city.”

“I will leave that to you, then,” he said, his voice gruff with uncertainty.

She didn’t blame him for the hint of grumpiness she sometimes caught in his tone. When she had been younger, it had been difficult for her to return from Moranaia during her breaks from training to find the world had changed in her absence. She’d only made it back a handful of times during her last century of training, and even then, she’d often found the city greatly changed each time. Thousands of years? She doubted she would take such a massive shift gracefully.

Tarah cast her invisibility shield around them as he circled Cardiff Castle. Just in time. Without warning, he plunged downward, straight for the mound that held the ruins of the keep. Stifling a shriek, she squeezed her eyelids closed and tightened her arms around his neck as much as she dared. Distracting a dragon mid-descent wouldn’t be the best life choice.

Unlike before, Caeregas didn’t shift before he landed, so it took her a moment to realize that they’d truly stopped moving. His light, rumbling chuckle vibrated his body beneath her bum, and she sheepishly pried her eyelids open to find herself staring at the dim outline of a stone wall. Even with the castle being in the heart of the city, it was dark in the bowl of the old keep, and Caeregas filled an alarming amount of the space. She glanced up and snorted at the way he’d had to turn his head to avoid smacking it on the wall.

“Dismount so I can shift,” he commanded, and Tarah was more than happy to comply.

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