Time Warp (The Brindle Dragon Book 7) by Jada Fisher

Author:Jada Fisher [Fisher, Jada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00

7

Shifting the Balance

“And you’re sure you h-have the symbols r-right?” Athar asked, walking around the edge of the room they had cleared out in the library.

“By the Three, you’re like a mother hen and you’re not even courting her yet,” Ain grumbled, rolling his eyes as he lit even more candles.

“Who says he isn’t?” Eist asked, looking over the symbols on the floor herself.

She could feel Ain’s spine straighten behind her as he looked between the two. “Wait, what? You’re not in denial anymore? When did this happen? What changed?”

“Nothing changed,” Athar answered, amusement behind his attempt at a deadpan. “She’s just t-teasing you.”

“What? No…” Ain looked to her accusingly. “Since when did you get comfortable enough to joke about Athar’s undying love for you?”

Eist shrugged. “Probably right around the time all of your jokes got old.” He looked like he was going to retort further, but something strange caught Eist’s eye. “Dille?”

“Uh-huh?” the young woman responded, her head bent in concentration as she drew more runes on the floor.

This time, at least, it wasn’t made with blood collected from all the various dragon riders in their battle camp, but rather specific dried herbs and precious gems that she had crushed and mixed together in some sort of complicated ritual.

“Why are these symbols different from what we drew up?”

It had taken them five full days after speaking with Eist’s grandfather to put together everything they needed to make their trip. She had had no idea that it would take so long for Dille to create the concentric spell circles she needed to send Eist where she needed to go. Apparently, she had been able to open the portal behind Farmad in battle because it had no destination, it was just an open hole into the stream of what was and what would be. Since Eist’s journey was much more specific and had multiple parts, there were a lot more steps that had to be taken care of.

Then there were supplies that Eist herself had to bring, such as weapons and food, and all the information that both her grandfather and Dille had given her.

Considering all the risk they were taking, and that they were literally meddling with history, their group had decided not to inform the council of what they were doing. Sure, maybe that would complicate things later, but that was only if Eist survived her journey and made it back.

Which definitely wouldn’t happen if Dille had accidentally messed up the runes.

“Uh, I needed to alter them.”

Eist didn’t care if she and her friend had been separated for decades, she knew when Dille was awkwardly trying to hide something. “Why did you need to alter them?”

“Because, uh…because the runes I used were to transport just one person, and we’re going to be transferring three.”

Eist’s eyebrows shot up. “Three?”

“Yeah,” Dille continued like it was a matter of course. “You. Fior. And…well, and me.”

Eist’s heart leapt into her throat and she found herself shaking her head. “No. No, you are absolutely not coming.

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