Trolled: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Legacy of Magic Book 3) by Lindsay Buroker

Author:Lindsay Buroker [Buroker, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lindsay Buroker
Published: 2022-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

16

When I’d chosen to ride my motorcycle to the coffee shop, I hadn’t intended to pick up a passenger there. Especially not one I was attracted to. With the Harley seat forcing us into even more of an intimate position than riding on Zavryd’s back had, I struggled to keep memories of the previous night’s dreams—of many previous nights’ dreams—out of my mind.

Fortunately, Sarrlevi merely rode behind me, his hands resting lightly on my hips. The roar of the Harley combined with the noise from the freeway traffic didn’t offer the romantic ambiance of a nocturnal dragon ride. I also had to worry about the police seeing us and pulling me over since my passenger didn’t have a helmet.

This seat is less uncomfortable than the one in your larger conveyance, he said as I took the freeway exit toward Willard’s office.

The truck is for hauling things around for work. Remembering his critique of my telepathy, I attempted to project my words with only minimal mental thrust. This is what I ride if I’m going greater distances or just for enjoyment.

It is like a noisy, vibrating evinya.

Those are the big birds your people ride, right? I remembered him mentioning them once when I’d told him to hold his horses.

Yes.

I would love to see one. Perhaps not ride one unless they’re a lot more sedate than dragons.

They are domesticated and easier to handle than dragons. If you ever visit the elven world, you will likely see them. My people make their homes in the trees and must fly or levitate to the platforms. He shared an image of a city of wooden homes built into branches—maybe magically sculpted from the living wood itself?—and connected by platforms and rope bridges. No, vine bridges.

That doesn’t look like the kind of place a dwarf would be comfortable.

When dwarves visit, they tend to stay far from the edges and look nervously at the branches when stiff winds come up.

How do elves feel about visiting dwarves in their tunnels?

We look nervously at the ceilings of their underground cities and have nightmares about cave-ins.

Dwarves are good engineers, right? I would hope cave-ins are rare.

They are, and they use their magic to enchant everything to add further support. His telepathic tone turned dry. That doesn’t keep elves from being uneasy in their cities and vice versa.

I guess dwarves and elves don’t hook up often.

It is an atypical pairing. When it does happen, they often compromise by living on the ground.

Oh, like normal people? We were stopped at a light, so I could smirk back at him.

The people of this world are anything but normal. Sarrlevi gave me a pointed look. They don’t even like exquisite elven vegetables.

Ha ha.

As I navigated onto the street with Willard’s building, I decided the ride had been nice. Having a light conversation with him that wasn’t about my mother or his quest—or the crazy dangerous and manipulative people in his life—had some appeal. He hadn’t even teased me.

I do not sense any dragons, Sarrlevi said as I parked.

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