Drakhana's Claim by Tara Starr & Anne Hale

Author:Tara Starr & Anne Hale
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Hale and Hearty Press
Published: 2020-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Ivy

I wake up early the next day in order to get some training in before I go check on the frontline. Basil is still there, holding down the fort. He’ll be glad for me to return and relieve him of his leadership responsibilities.

I splash some water on my face then gather my hair into a tight braid. I put on my fighting leathers and pull on my boots. Once I’m ready, I make my way to the training facility.

Even if many of the troops are on the frontline I set up at the foothills, we still have quite a few warriors in the fortress and within Star Peak itself. They are assigned for the security of the nobles and the royal household. I’m pretty sure I have a few with them to train with today.

When I reach the training facility, I can already hear dragons sparring. I enter the building that is detached from the fortress. It sits near the garrison for easy access of the warriors.

It’s a wide pace with wooden floors with a spring to them to ensure the avoidance of knee and leg injuries while running, jumping, and flipping in the air. The large windows let in natural light. Different types of weapons and exercise equipment line the walls.

There’s a wide space in the middle for calisthenics and several rings off to the side for sparring sessions. It’s easily my favorite space within the fortress grounds. I spent most of my formative years in this place.

My eyes immediately land on Logan. I barely hold in a gasp. This is the first time I’ve seen him in fighting leathers since before he left. And damn if he doesn’t make the uniform look good.

He has already worked up a good amount of sweat. He’s sparring with another dragon. They are using the ancient hand to hand combat techniques that has been taught to us since we were fledglings. They mostly involve grappling and the use of the legs.

I’m tempted to cut in and finish the sparring session with Logan, but it seems like he’s got everything handled. He grabs the other soldier behind the neck and brings his knee up several times against his abdomen in a series of punishing blows.

The soldier drops to the ground as Logan steps back. Applause breaks out. Even I’m clapping my hands.

“Ivy,” he says when he sees me. He runs the back of his arm over his forehead.

“I’m impressed,” I say in return. “I’ve never seen you train this hard before.”

“You never know when you need it.” He grins. “Isn’t that what you always say?”

I mirror his grin. “Feel like flying with me? I want to show the younger soldiers a thing or two about complicated areal maneuvers. What do you say?”

“Lead the way.” He gestures toward the ledge that extends from the training facility.

I gather the warriors and ask them to watch. Then I call upon my dragon. Logan does the same.

We make a running start for the ledge and jump off, letting ourselves plummet.

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