Dead Dragons, New Tricks by Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle

Author:Kevin McLaughlin & Michael Anderle [McLaughlin, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781649713766
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-12-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Now that Kylara was back on speaking terms with Sam and Tanya, the semester continued into autumn in what she thought of as a pleasantly normal fashion. That was an absurd understatement, of course, for there was no normal about attending a dragon school. Plus, as this was still the first year that mages were allowed on campus, it continued to bring various challenges.

Not least of which was her new roommate. More than anything, she wanted to move in with her friend again, but she didn’t see how she could and not mortally offend Jasmine Patel.

Although it seemed almost everything mortally offended Jasmine. She didn’t like the dragon mage’s grooming schedule, nor did she like the fact that she still socialized with dragons despite being a mage. She had asked the girl if she wanted to hang out with her a few times. The response had been colder than her aunt’s lair beneath the frozen lake.

Despite this, she didn’t want to simply move out. It was obvious that the young mage was going through some serious family difficulties. She fretted about jewelry and did her hair with extra care anytime she had to wear a shirt she’d worn within the last few weeks as if she wasn’t used to having to wear clothes more than once. Plus, she never visited the campus store, nor did she have packages delivered like some of the other mages did.

The only thing Jasmine did do was prepare for the Halloween social. While other students hung out on the green or stuffed their faces without fear of gaining weight due to their dragon metabolism, she worked on her costume. It was a dress of some kind, Kylara knew that much, and when she’d pried, the girl had confessed that it was identical to the dress a dragon queen had worn for her coronation when… That was about how far she had lasted before she’d become bored and simply let her roommate ramble on.

Although she didn’t care much for fancy dresses—one advantage about not rooming with Tanya was there was no longer any pressure to borrow the dragon’s clothes—she recognized that the gown was stunning. All black lace and done in beautiful cascading layers, it truly was a work of art. Most nights, when Kylara got back to her room, Jasmine was working on it, making the fabric levitate while she sewed by hand.

“Is the Halloween Social a big deal here?” she asked one night.

“I wouldn’t know as I am not a dragon.”

“Right,” she said and was ready to go to the library to study and forget about her roommate when Jasmine cleared her throat to keep talking.

“I hope it can be an event where we all…mingle,” the young mage said.

“Sure. That would be great! Have you talked to the mages about it?”

“Not really, no.”

“Then how are they supposed to know to even go?”

“I don’t know, Kylara. I only know this dress has to look perfect if the dragons are going to…I don’t know, see me on their terms or whatever.

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