Trusted: Dragons' Trust Book 1 by Krista Wayment

Author:Krista Wayment
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Published: 2014-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17: Dragon's Nest

Renick looked up at Wrytha, who stood at the peak of a sharp incline, waiting for them. Plyth sat next to her, his body shaking as he wagged his tail back and forth. Renick turned his attention back to climbing up to the two dragons.

"They can talk," he said to himself with a shake of his head. His father's favorite story came to mind, the one Renick had always begged to be told at bedtime as a child, the one he thought of every time he spent a long night with a sick dragon or hatchling. The one he dreamed about. Renick was confronted with the impossible, two dragons that could speak—that could communicate with him. A chill of excitement ran up his skin.

"Renick," Lainey said breathlessly beside him, "it's just so amazing, isn't it?"

He nodded. "Talking dragons."

"I never would've thought in a million years. I mean, I used to have a cat. Well, really, my cousins had a cat—I just played with her a lot. And I'd talk to her and imagine that she'd talk back. But I never really expected her to respond. I think if I'd ever had a pet dragon, I'd have done the same." She chattered on, rambling in her excitement.

A rock landed between the two of them. Lainey stopped talking and they both looked down the slope to where Thane was. He placed a finger to his lips and then pointed up above them. Renick followed the line of Thane's finger and saw Wrytha watching them. He suddenly felt very uneasy.

"Would you two watch it? Besides it's not that earth shattering—Plyth can talk so someone must've taught him."

"So you said your cousins had a cat. Where was that?" Renick asked, trying to sound casual.

"Morelindar. A few years ago. I think it died, actually." She smiled at him sadly and then went back to concentrating on the climb.

Renick paused, resting his sore shoulder and letting his thoughts wander. Soon, Thane passed him too. As Renick watched Thane scramble up the rocks, he thought of how his father would have loved to meet Wrytha and Plyth and would probably know how to react to them. His father knew more of the dragon lore—which apparently was more than just myth.

Lainey waved to Renick from the top of the rise, and when she had his attention, she motioned him to join them. Renick started climbing again as he searched his mind for any stories or lore that spoke of how to be polite to a dragon. But his memory failed him.

By the time he reached the top of the climb, Wrytha had already moved ahead. She now stood next to the opening of a shallow cave at the bottom of a dip in the mountain. The others were making their way toward her. Renick looked up, shielding his eyes from the sun. All he could see was an endless expanse of blue sky. Not even a wisp of a cloud marred the brilliant blue. It was so peaceful, so quiet.

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