Dragon School_The Dark Prince by Sarah K. L. Wilson

Author:Sarah K. L. Wilson [Wilson, Sarah K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Published: 2018-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

She cleared her throat and looked around her nervously. “I have no allies here, Amel. But you saved my life, so I think you may be one. I’ve been thinking about you and your courageous heart. We can’t talk about this anywhere else, do you understand?”

I shook my head. What was she talking about?

“You’d think sound would carry here, but the way the cave is shaped and the pouros stone of the walls and floor make it a dead zone. It’s impossible to eavesdrop on anyone in the pool.”

“So, that’s why you brought me here?”

She nodded her head. “I have to talk to someone! I got a letter from my father saying he had agreed to allow the Dominar to give me to Baojang as a peace offering. War is brewing, and it is their hope that a marriage between the prince of Baojang and a High Castelan family will prevent hostility.”

“Why you? Why not Starie?” If the Magikas were to be believed it was meant to be her.

Savette nodded. “I thought you knew nothing about Castelan politics, but you are correct that Castelan Atrelan would have been the more natural choice than Castelan Leedris, but the Dominar knows our loyalty.” She bit her lip. “I don’t want to cause a war. I know what war means. Innocent people will die. Little children. Families. And not just from the conflict. I was taught history well by my tutors. War causes shortages and accidental cruelty. People won’t be able to feed their families. There will be orphans and widows. There will be farms that fail and people who lose everything. I can’t let that happen if I can prevent it.” Her eyes teared up. “But I don’t want to marry a man I know nothing about.”

I cleared my throat. Now was the time to say something. I felt my face heating and my heart beating quickly. I hated drama and conflict, but I needed to be brave, didn’t I? Savette was being brave.

“I know something about him.” Her mouth formed an “o” of surprise. “I met him on my way here. He was on a ship – or rather he found me on an island when his ship sheltered there in the storm.”

“And what was he like?” She asked it like the answer meant life or death for her. I supposed that in a way it did. I gauged my answer carefully.

“He was young and fit. Attractive.”

“And? Did you speak? Did he say anything to you?”

“He wanted to know about the woman he was going to marry and he seemed unhappy when he heard it was you – like maybe he doesn’t like your family.” She was nodding like that made sense. “He wanted it to be Starie.”

“So, he knows about her.”

“And he wants them to give him twenty dragon riders and dragons as a dowry.”

Savette snorted, adjusting herself in the hot water. Already sweat was beading on her brow and I felt a little light-headed myself. My leg did

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