Dragon Alliance (Book 2, Vankara Saga) by S. J. West

Author:S. J. West [West, S. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical
ISBN: 9781502942289
Google: b-ECogEACAAJ
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2014-10-22T02:49:54+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

The weeping of a lost soul invaded my mind. I knew I was still asleep, but the cry was more real than anything I've ever experienced in a simple dream or even a buried memory from one of my predecessors. With each heart wrenching weep of this unknown figment, I could feel my chest tighten, as if each cry was turning the wheel of a vise around my heart. Flashes of light entered my dream-world, like distorted stars on a moving black canvas. Finally, I saw a figure floating among the pinpoints of light, but it's something I never could have prepared myself to see. A little girl with long blonde hair was partially submerged in the dark starry substance, drifting by with the help of an unseen force. I audibly heard my own deep intake of breath as I realized how much the figure resembled Dena.

“No!” I cried out, instantly waking up and sitting upright.

At first, I was disoriented by my surroundings but soon realized that I was somewhere safe. I found myself in my bedroom on the airship.

“Sarah!” I heard Aurora cry out, our mental connection with one another apparently restored. I looked down on my lap and found her looking up at me. “Oh Sarah, I thought I'd lost you.”

Aurora leaned her little body up against my abdomen as though she were giving me a hug.

I lifted my right hand to cradle her back, hoping it brought her some much needed comfort. The anguish she felt over almost losing me coursed through my veins as if it were my own. While I tried to comfort her, I noticed a white bandage tightly wound around the wrist of the hand I was using. A malodorous aroma came from the area of the bandage, which made me wonder if my skin was rotting off underneath it.

Fallon and Inara hastily entered the bedroom from the outer sitting room, apparently having heard my outcry. Inara immediately came to me and sat on my bedside, pulling me into her arms for an embrace but being careful not to smother Aurora between us. Fallon stood behind her and looked at me with a relieved expression on his face.

“Em,” Inara said to me as she pulled back to look me in my eyes, “you should lay back down and get some more rest. Did you shout because you’re hurting somewhere? Is there anything I can get you?”

I tried to swallow and answer but found it an almost impossible task because my mouth was so dry.

“Water.” I was finally able to say.

Inara immediately stood up and left the room, presumably to get me the elixir of life my body was crying out for.

Fallon walked over and took Inara’s spot on the bed by my side. He lifted a hand and gently pushed strands of hair away from my face, which had been matted into place by sweat.

“We thought for sure we would end up finding you dead somewhere after you flew out of the banquet hall like that,” he said.

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