Brindle Dragon Omnibus 3 by Jada Fisher

Brindle Dragon Omnibus 3 by Jada Fisher

Author:Jada Fisher [Fisher, Jada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-11-24T22:00:00+00:00


5

Long Road to Recovery

The ride to the academy was long and silent, yet Eist felt like she could hear so many of the thoughts of everyone around her. There were too many eyes looking her over, scoping out her injured arm, the bruises and cuts on her body from the grand escape as the old kingdom was collapsing. What were they all thinking when they saw her, brittle and broken?

Did they pity her?

Did they worry that he had gotten to her?

…did they think she was weak?

That thought burned against her the most, if only because she found herself wondering if it was true. If she was smarter, stronger, better, then she never would have been captured in the first place.

Ugh! If only they would stop looking at her.

After so much time alone, the weight of all their stares was heavy on her, grating on the edge of her patience and energy. She just wanted to lay down in the grass and sleep, letting her clammy skin absorb all the sunlight it could until she was ruddy and hot to the touch.

But she didn’t tell them to stop staring. She didn’t speak at all. She just hugged Fior’s back and looked at the trees and clouds and grass and everything she’d thought that she would never see again. She smelled the fresh air, the crispness of it, felt the wind across her face. It was all almost too much, too painful, overwhelming all of her senses, and yet she loved it all at the same time.

But then the academy came into view and she couldn’t help it when a hiccupping sob bubbled up from her throat and big, fat tears rolled down her cheeks. It made her burn with embarrassment, but then both Dille and Athar were swooping in close on either side of her, sandwiching her between their two red dragons.

“Are you alright?” the witch asked, her hand extending outwards but stopping when Eist flinched automatically at the contact. “We just want to help.”

But Eist just shook her head. There was no helping her. She was so twisted up and confused inside. Part of her mind was telling her that she should be happy that she was free and everything was better, but the rest of her mind was in such a panic, expecting something dark and awful to come swooping out and make everything awful again. After all, Yacrist knew where she was going. What would stop him from finding her again and taking her, and keeping her locked up just like he had before? He was so strong.

A soft cloth brushed her cheek, and she jerked away only to see it was Athar gently pressing a handkerchief to her.

“Here,” he said, trying to smile softly through his split lips and battered face. It took several blinks for her to realize just how swollen and bruised his visage was. If it weren’t for his distinctive long hair, she might not have recognized it at all.

Carefully, Eist took the cloth and wiped her eyes.



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