The Dragon Mage Collection by L J Andrews

Author:L J Andrews [Andrews, L J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4 Arrows
Published: 2019-07-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The Queen

Each breath was tight in my body with his touch finally against mine. Teagan held my hand as though I were about to disappear. I didn’t mind; there was the same fear rushing through my own thoughts. I clutched to him as though my life depended on it. But I also saw a fierce rage billowing in his eyes the moment I called away the warriors from the lindworms.

The mountainside was quiet when the elementals backed away from their enemies. I met Magnus’s eye from across the clearing. The old warrior was in his human form, his face bloodied and a gash cut across his chest. He snarled ferociously at the elemental warriors, and it seemed as though it took every speck of self-control from each wyvern in attendance to withhold starting a battle again.

Prince Ced held his shoulder where Teagan’s blade had ripped his flesh. Amber helped him from the ground, and the warrior who’d been by Teagan glanced up. His arm was protectively in front of a woman at his side as if Ced would bring her harm. When my gaze locked with the woman, I didn’t have to wonder long as to who she was. A spark of familiarity ripped through my memories. I was young during the divide, hardly more than an infant wyvern, but when her golden eyes found me, I recognized her. The delicate green marks cupping her temples and jaw didn’t leave much room to wonder why else I would know her. She was Gaia—Teagan’s mother.

That must mean the warrior standing next to her was Thane. I gasped in the back of my throat. He was familiar to me the same as the High Priestess. Both faces from my past. I remembered how familiar Teagan had seemed when we’d first met. Perhaps my interaction with his parents as a child had spurred the forgotten memories. Despite Thane’s shadowed expression, he had Teagan’s eyes—how strange it was to see such resemblance in a dragon.

“Jade!” Mitch shouted, drawing my eyes from Gaia, as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders.

I chuckled, hugging him tightly then taking in his appearance. “Mitch, what’s happened to you?” I smiled, touching the sides of his shaved head and pointing to the knives in his hands.

“I’m pretty impressive now,” he muttered with an arrogant smirk. “Basically I’m as awesome as the warriors.”

“Right,” Raffi mumbled. “That will be the day I take my last breath, when a human is as stunning as a warrior.”

I beamed when Raffi and Dash moved toward Teagan and me. At first it seemed they would embrace me as well, but once more, they lowered to their knees, their heads bowed.

“Welcome back, my queen,” Raffi muttered, though I saw his mouth twitch in a smile.

“Oh, stand up,” I mumbled.

Raffi chuckled and wrapped me in his arms. “I have to be formal, my commanding warrior is watching,” he whispered in my ear before passing me to Dash.

I smirked, but my breath was lost in my throat when Teagan tugged me close to him.

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