The Frog Princess 07 - Dragon Kiss by E.D. Baker

Author:E.D. Baker [Baker, E.D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2010-03-01T06:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Audun wasn’t surprised when Frostybreath met him at the entrance, but he didn’t expect the dragon to lead him down an extra level to Song of the Glacier’s rooms. His grandmother was waiting for him and she greeted him with delight. “I knew you could do it! We saw part of your actions in Wave Skimmer’s bowl of water. I’m so proud of you, Audun. All you went through to help that little girl!”

“She wasn’t so little,” Audun murmured, stretching to relieve the stiffness in his back. “I’ve worked hard to do what the king asked of me. Would someone either teach me how to be a human or tell me that I’m free to go see Millie?”

“That’s one of the things I wanted to talk to you about,” said his grandmother. “It has come to my attention that a young dragoness is interested in having you as her mate. You need no longer worry about learning to be a human just to win a mate for yourself. There have never been as many female dragons born as there were males, which is why many male dragons live their entire lives as bachelors. That need not be the case for you, however. If you are willing to forgo this scheme of yours to woo a human, you could have a marvelous and long life with a true dragoness.”

“It’s Hildie, isn’t it?” asked Audun. “But that’s just it. I already know that Millie is the one I want as my mate. She is a true dragoness and a true human. She is the one I love. I don’t love Hildie. She doesn’t stir my heart the way Millie does. I don’t lie awake at night thinking about Hildie; the last dragoness I think about before I fall asleep and the first one I think about when I wake is Millie. I thought you, of all dragonesses, would understand.”

His grandmother sighed. “Ah, but I do. I just thought you should know that you have a choice. If the girl is your true love, you are already on a path that you cannot change. Now, do you really still want to learn how to be-come a human?”

“Yes, of course!” said Audun. “I mean, I’m glad I got Millie’s mother’s approval, but there’s still the rest of her family. And there’s so much more of Millie’s life that I can share if I can be a human with her.”

“I’m glad to hear that,” said his grandmother. “There’s something I want to tell you that we should have told you long before this. We had you find the baby desicca bird because we wanted to make sure that you would be the best kind of human before we showed you how to be one at all. Turning into a human is easy, once you know what to do. The ability is inside every dragon, but not every dragon is capable of being a good one. However, you excelled at the task, and you did something else that we hadn’t expected.

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