The Cursed One (New York Academy of Magic Book 2) by Sean Fletcher

Author:Sean Fletcher [Fletcher, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Epic Worlds Publishing
Published: 2020-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

“Just put your hand right here and pull yourself up,” Colson said. “No, up here—that scale right there’s a foothold—you’re putting your hand too far away—”

“From his mouth,” I said. I moved away again. The dragon gave another excited leap, nearly tossing Mia off.

“Dragon!” I pressed my hands down on his scales until he stopped for a half second, panting with eagerness. I tried not to hang my head and give up right there. At least he kind of responded to the nickname Dragon. It was easier than calling him The Slobbering One, or Creature That Wouldn’t Stop Bouncing and Let Me On His Back So We Could Get This Over With.

That last one was a mouthful.

“Skylar, hurry, please,” Mia said. She looked a little green in the face. Asher, too, appeared as though he’d rather ride a roller coaster without a seat belt than risk cross country dragon riding. Only Colson was having any fun.

“Here.”

With a massive hand, Colson reached down from where he sat, gripped the back of my jacket, and practically heaved me over the side. I flailed for a bit until I could sit up and grip the thin, makeshift saddle Radell had fastened to Dragon’s back.

“Very graceful,” Asher said from behind me.

“Keep commenting on it and when I hurl I’ll make sure to aim it at you,” I said.

“Excellent!” Radell finished tightening down the last of the straps (a lot. A whole lot, since we’d all asked him to triple check them). “You have no need to worry. He knows where you’re going. And is eager to get there!”

As if to prove his point, Dragon gave another exuberant leap. His wings, membranous and dipped in a beautiful, lustrous gold, flared out to either side. His tail swung joyfully from side to side, felling a small pair of snow-covered trees.

Radell gave a tinkling laugh. He patted Dragon’s head again, then pressed his forehead to his. I expected Dragon to try to smother him with licks, but he went still, his scaled eyelids flicking shut for a brief moment.

“I’ll miss you, my friend,” Radell said. “Grow big and strong. Perhaps one day we’ll see each other again.”

He pulled away. Then Dragon smothered him with kisses.

Radell laughed again. He stepped back and gave all of us an approving nod. “Remember what I said. Our kinds are not so different. One day I hope that the wounds of the past can be healed and we can come together in harmony.”

“We will,” Mia said. “I’m sure of it.”

“Absolutely,” I agreed. Radell was cool, so unlike the Fae I’d seen or heard about. If there were even a handful of others like him, then reconciling would be no problem.

Tears of happiness were shining in Radell’s eyes again. “When you arrive at your destination, I believe you’ll want to—”

He stopped. He turned to peer into the forest surrounding us. I tried to figure out what he’d heard, then realized it wasn’t what he had heard, but what he hadn’t: everything had stilled. The trees cloaked in moonlight didn’t sway in the soft wind.

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