Into a Dragon's Soul: A Reverse Harem Fantasy (Chronicles of the Four Book 3) by Marissa Farrar

Author:Marissa Farrar [Farrar, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Warwick House Press
Published: 2018-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Dela

They walked through the rest of the night into morning.

There was no sign of the Foehn wind, the air remaining still around them. They walked in near silence, used to traveling together now and not needing to make small talk. Dela’s gaze repeatedly lifted to the sky, both hoping to spot the shape of the dragon and also nervous to see him again. She’d left the egg and taken herself to safety. How would the dragon react to his baby being abandoned?

She could call the dragon and have him fly them to the meeting place, but she was frightened of his reaction. Shame filled her at having forgotten the egg.

The hours passed, and finally the sky lightened to a dark blue.

In the distance, she spotted the curve of Steppe’s Mound and the rectangular formations of the stone structures on top. Her heart picked up, her breath catching, and she increased her pace, barely holding herself back from breaking into a run. “We’re nearly there.”

Her mouth ran dry with nerves. She glanced up into the sky, trying to spot the now familiar shape of the dragon against the deep blue, but there was nothing. She could have tried to contact him through her thoughts, but her own fears held her back. What if she had bad news? Would he try to harm her, or one of the men? If she’d inadvertently harmed something the dragon loved, would he seek his revenge by killing something—or someone—she loved, too?

“It’ll be all right, Dela,” Vehel told her.

She shook her head. “You don’t know that.”

She gave in to her natural instincts and broke into a run. To her surprise, she saw there were already others on Steppe’s Mound waiting for her. A couple of the tribes had made it there before her, but she couldn’t even think about formalities, or what they would think of this wild-eyed girl hurtling toward them. She saw their frowns, their looks of confusion.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she managed to gasp, looking around, trying to remember the exact spot where they’d left the egg. Now they were back here, all the stones looked the same, and she’d lost her sense of direction in her panic.

“It’s okay,” Orergon assured his people. “The dragon egg. We’re looking for the dragon egg. Has anyone seen it?””

“There’s something over here,” a male voice shouted.

Dela spun toward the voice and ran. She circled another of the stone formations, and recognized the spot they’d been resting at when the wind had first blown in from the west. Incredibly, the items of fur they’d been sitting on were still pushed up against the base of the stones. The circle must have offered them shelter.

She saw what she’d been searching for and gasped, her hand clamped over her mouth.

The eggshell had fractured into several pieces.

Dela dropped to her knees beside it. “By the Gods,” she cried. “It broke!”

She didn’t want to look, terrified she’d find the body of the baby dragon, not yet ready to hatch, but

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