The Phoenix Born (A Dance of Dragons #3) by Kaitlyn Davis

Author:Kaitlyn Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, coming of age, fantasy, sword and sorcery, dragons, action and adventure, new adult, womens adventure, teen and young adult, thrones games dragons

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RHEN

~ RONINHYTHE ~

"Where'd she go?" Rhen asked gruffly as soon as Leena landed beside him and Bran in the open fields outside the city of Roninhythe. The Great Road leading through the city wall teemed with activity—tradesmen, farmers delivering goods, beggars, and guards attempting to keep the peace. And too many fingers were already pointed in their direction. Too many faces gaped at the dragons. Shouts drifted over on the wind, shouts of fear and of awe. But he ignored them—those reactions were becoming all too familiar to him. As long as the guards on the wall didn't start volleying arrows in his direction, Rhen had bigger concerns on his mind.

Like where exactly Jinji had disappeared to.

But Leena slid off the water dragon and shrugged with a clear face, giving nothing away. "She said she would return soon."

"How did she even leave?" Rhen asked, shaking his head in disbelief. "You never stopped flying, I would have felt it. And last I knew, Jinji couldn't grow wings." Then again, he thought, stranger things have happened.

Leena raised her brows and widened her eyes, a look of pure innocence. But the twinkle in her irises told a different story.

Rhen crossed his arms, frustrated. Behind him, Firestorm breathed out a low growl, blowing a cloud of dark smoke into the air.

Rider and dragon, disgruntled as one.

Jinji couldn't just run off without telling them what she was up to. He didn't care if she was all-powerful, that the world bent to her touch, that some immortal spirit was alive inside of her mind. None of that was enough to convince him of her safety, not when she was out of sight doing the gods knew what. Normally Rhen was the one acting rashly, running off into dangerous situations without a second thought. This role reversal was difficult to swallow.

Feeling as though steam was escaping from his ears, Rhen turned to Janu, hoping to find at least one ally. Jinji's brother was also scowling, eyes narrowed as they gazed up at the open sky, flicking across the clouds, searching for his sister.

"Janu," Rhen said, hoping to gain his attention.

But the oldworlder didn’t move, almost as though he didn’t recognize the sound of his own name. Or his mind was just somewhere else entirely.

"Janu?" Rhen tried again.

Nothing.

Concerned, he stepped forward, walking over and placing a hand on his shoulder.

Janu recoiled, glaring at Rhen with flared nostrils, fury filling his gaze.

Rhen stepped back, shocked.

Time paused. They examined one another, neither moving. Rhen had never seen Janu like this, so angry, so venomous. His personality seemed altered. Gone was the normally meek and somber man who spoke almost exclusively to his sister. This was someone else entirely.

"Janu? Are you all right?"

His only response was a smile that made Rhen's skin crawl. But before Rhen could decipher what it meant, a scream filled the air.

"Rhen!" Leena called. He turned to her, eager to look away from Janu and the grin he couldn't comprehend. But before his eyes landed on the princess, they found the source of the panic in her voice.

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