Zaria Fierce and the Dragon Keeper's Golden Shoes (Zaria Fierce Series Book 3) by Gillett Keira

Author:Gillett, Keira [Gillett, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Keira Gillett
Published: 2016-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine: The Elf Queen’s Army

In the afternoon, Hector led the group in a southerly direction toward a large lake. When they reached it, everybody threw themselves to the ground to rest, as he knelt down by the water and undid the sling that carried Vingar. The water-wyvern made a joyful noise and dove straight in, making a splash. He played along the shore and disappeared, only to return a few moments later.

He screeched at Zaria and did a flip as if to say, “Make me big. Do it now. I’m ready.”

Zaria stood in front of him and remembered the terrifying experience of trying to shrink such a large creature. She could almost see him in her mind’s eye, but just as the picture formed, it popped, and disappeared.

Vingar wasn’t the terror he used to be. Not anymore. He was now like a beloved, mischievous pet who got into trouble and then wanted you to play with him as a reward for his bad behavior. She wasn’t sure she could return him to his humongous size.

He cackled at her trying to hurry her along. She screwed her eyes shut and concentrated. With effort she pictured him twice as big as he was now, and waved her hands, saying, “Grow!”

The little water-wyvern shot up instantly as the magic left her. His head swiveled every which way to check out his new size. He turned back to her and glared.

“I know,” she hissed at him. “You’re just not scary anymore, so I have to work up to it, okay? Be patient.”

He chattered at her and held his whole body out of the water. He looked ridiculously cute, even double his previous size, with his long, seahorse snout and wavy crest. Zaria thought about how he used to be, bigger, like a bus; how he swam in the water like a dark, gray, streak. She remembered the wind of his eel-like tail slashing through the air.

The magic left her easily then, and she hardly had to wave her hands or whisper, “Grow.” Vingar grew, doubling and redoubling in size until he was once again a majestic beast, with teeth as sharp and as deadly as a great white shark. He waved his small arms in the air in glee.

Hector looked him in the eye. “You’re free now. Try not to eat the humans, all right? They don’t take kindly to that sort of thing. You’d be hunted down.”

Vingar bared his teeth and snapped his jaws.

“Fine. Don’t believe me. But ask yourself this, why do we all – dwarves, fairies, elves, ellefolken, giants, and brownies – take the trouble to hide from them?”

He closed his mouth and cocked his head, the crest on his head shrinking.

“That’s right,” Hector said. “Now don’t go causing any trouble. Follow the lake that way and you’ll be able to swim to sea eventually. It’s quite a ways.”

Vingar waved his front limbs again and flipped backwards, flicking his tail out and sending out a huge wave. Drenched, Zaria spluttered. She wiped the water out of her eyes and glared at his retreating figure.

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