Dragonriders of Pern #23: Dragon's Time by Anne McCaffrey

Author:Anne McCaffrey [McCaffrey, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Epic, Fiction, General, Space Opera, Action & Adventure, Dragons, Life on Other Planets, Space Colonies, Pern (Imaginary Place)
ISBN: 9780345500892
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2011-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

It was near dark when she woke and she looked up suddenly, startled. Tenniz was staring down at her.

“I have seen you like this,” he said in a low voice laced with wonder and fear.

“You have,” Lorana agreed.

“You were sick, you needed help,” Tenniz said. “And I had everything I needed.”

“Yes.”

“I have an image of you crying, cold hard rocks, a flat high place,” Tenniz continued. Lorana lowered her chin in a nod, and sighed deeply, near a sob. “This is when we first met?”

“Yes,” Lorana said.

“And it makes you sad,” Tenniz observed with an expression of apology on his face.

“It was a good thing,” she assured him. “You helped more than you know.”

“Be careful when you say that to a seer!” Tenniz told her with a chuckle.

Lorana’s lips twitched upward in agreement.

“I couldn’t tell you at the time,” Lorana said, rolling to her side and propping herself on one arm. “I want you to know now that you helped me a great deal.”

“Thank you,” Tenniz said. “That’s a comfort.”

Lorana moved and pushed herself into a squatting position. Her head was slightly above Tenniz’s, but she met his eyes. “What do you know of that future?”

“That I can tell you?” Tenniz asked. Lorana nodded. “You’ve been there already.” Lorana nodded again. Tenniz shook his head in wonder at the notion. “Is it hard to travel through time?”

“Not so much physically as it is emotionally,” Lorana said, “at least, for me.”

Tenniz’s eyes took on a slightly wistful look, but he shook his head and cleared them before saying, “I know that I die before my daughter is born.”

“Is Javissa pregnant already?”

Tenniz shook his head. “We’re trying; soon.”

“What else do you know?”

“How do I know that I won’t tell you something you don’t know already?”

“I’ll stop you if you try,” Lorana swore. “And will you tell me things I don’t know?”

“Perhaps,” Lorana said. “If it seems right.”

“Fair enough,” Tenniz said after a moment. “I know that when we meet, I will die.” Lorana nodded. “And you will bury me.” Lorana’s eyes clouded with tears even as she nodded, her lips trembling. “And that will be a great honor. No seer has been buried by a Beacon.”

“It’s an honor I would prefer you avoid,” Lorana told him.

“Yes,” Tenniz agreed. He gave a sad sigh, then continued, “But we cannot break time.”

“J’trel tried; he failed,” Lorana agreed.

“Rides a blue in Ista, correct?”

Lorana nodded. “He saved my life.”

“All honor to him.”

The rest of the camp stirred. Jeriz was tetchy and calmed, once more, in Lorana’s arms. She passed him back reluctantly, saying, “I must go.”

“Will we see you again?” Karina asked.

Lorana shook her head. “I don’t know,” she said truthfully. Then, with a grin, she pointed at Tenniz. “Ask him.”

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