The Warrior Princess of Pennyroyal Academy by M. A. Larson

Author:M. A. Larson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2017-08-22T04:00:00+00:00

“UGH, I CAN’T WAIT to be rid of this bloody chair,” said Basil, adjusting the leather straps over his shoulders. He also had the stone hawk to contend with, making him the team’s pack mule.

“I can carry it if you need a break,” said Evie.

“No, it isn’t heavy. It’s just so . . . unwieldy.”

“It’ll be a harp on the way back,” said Forbes. “This is the easy bit.”

They’d been following the trench down the middle of Goblin’s Glade for most of the day, and the rain had not stopped. At best, it was a fine drizzle. At worst, it pounded down so loudly they could barely hear one another speak. But now the sun had broken free for the last hour of daylight, bathing the forest in a glowing green that made it come alive. The pines shook themselves like wet dogs, spraying sodden needles everywhere.

Evie looked up. The clouds were tall and hard-edged, the kind that billowed and plumed like a golden palace in the sky. Behind them was blue sky and warm sun.

“Here’s the Dagger,” said Forbes. The valley had been closing in for the last half hour, funneling them toward a pass between two towering mountains. Light gray stone fletched with trees bulged up on either side of them, disappearing into the clouds. “Wood of the Night must be through there.”

“Bas, are you all right?” said Evie, riding up next to him.

“Yeah. Fine.”

The faint trail in the moss that had been serving as a road started to slope downward to a bend ahead. All they could see were walls of green and gray growing closer and closer, steering them into the pass. “I’m sorry about Demetra. You’re right. We should have waited and decided as a group. It was all so frantic and we’d just escaped the tower and . . .”

“I understand. I just . . .” He looked over at her with a shrug. “I didn’t get to say goodbye.”

“You’ll see her again. She said she’ll come to the Academy once her mum is safe.”

Large stones had started to appear on the trail, tumbled down long ago from the mountains. The pass was narrowing dramatically. Still, the sun felt nice on their backs.

Suddenly, Basil burst out laughing. “Do you ever get those strange moments of perspective? When you step back and see how absurd everything really is?”

“Bas, I was raised by dragons.”

He laughed again. “I was just sitting here thinking about Demetra, and about you. About how we all met.”

She smiled at the memory.

“It occurred to me how utterly ridiculous my life is. Do you realize no one else in the world has had the experience I’ve had the past few years? Not one. I shouldn’t even know you or Demetra or Maggie or Anisette, none of you. And look at us now . . . two princess cadets on the verge of graduation off on a mission to save the Academy.” He chuckled in amazement. “You know, I still wake up every morning

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