Reckoning (Book 5) by Megg Jensen

Author:Megg Jensen [Jensen, Megg]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher: 80 Pages, Inc
Published: 2015-04-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Fi clung to the horse’s mane, her hair whipping her cheeks. Jarrett rode in front of her. Not because his steed was faster, but because she wanted to keep an eye on him. Even though they'd gotten away, it felt too easy. She didn't know why Donovan would simply let them go when he'd worked so hard to keep them contained.

So she followed Jarrett, quietly. The farther they got away from Donovan, the more he seemed like his old self. Jarrett wasn't just smiling. He was laughing and cracking jokes. He sat tall on his horse. The hunch he'd developed during his servitude had melted away. His furtive glances changed to solid eye contact.

Every moment of every day, Fi searched inside herself for her dragon. If Tressa's had come back, then why not hers? Her goal was to find some dragon blood. She needed to know if she could re-awaken it, though she was afraid. What if the dragon didn't ever come back? What would she be then? Useless, set aside to care for the children of others while they fought the battles? She had never trained in combat, feeling it was unnecessary. Fi was a dragon by birth. It never occurred to her she would need to learn to fight in her human form.

Jarrett pulled up behind a hedge. He waved Fi closer. She guided her horse to his side.

"I see something up ahead. Do you?" Jarrett pointed to the west. "I can't tell what it is."

Fi squinted. "It looks like an army." She could barely make out a mass of people with gray, hooded cloaks riding on horseback. "Who are they?"

"I don't know," Jarrett said. "In all of my travels, I haven't come across a group that dresses like that. They aren't from the Sands, unless fashion has changed greatly since I've left."

"They aren't from the Black, either," Fi said. "We don’t just live underground, we guard our privacy very closely. We would never ride so openly in such numbers."

"They're coming from the wrong direction to be from the Meadowlands or the Drowned Country." Jarrett's horse whinnied. "Shhh. It's okay."

"What should we do?" Fi was glad they were hidden behind the hedge. She didn't want to be spotted quite yet.

"I think we should get closer and figure out who they are," Jarrett said. "Obviously if it's a host of Donovan's, we want to stay far away."

"But if they're friendly..." Fi wanted it to be true, but it seemed so unlikely. She and Jarrett knew the people of the Dragonlands well enough to know this group wasn't native. The only interlopers were the army Donovan was raising. If this was another group of his, she and Jarrett needed to stay far away.

"They look human, though. Not like demons." Jarrett looked Fi in the eyes. "I think we should get closer."

"They'll see us on our horses." Fi fought the fear building inside her. She didn't want to be captured again.

"Then we’ll leave our horses here. We can tie them to the main stem of a bush.

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