Valley of the Dragons (Rule 9 Academy, #3) by Rain Elizabeth

Author:Rain, Elizabeth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: academy, young adult, magic, dragon, shifter
Publisher: Elizabeth Rain
Published: 2020-08-10T00:00:00+00:00

NICK WASN’T USED TO losing. And especially not with the staff, his weapon of choice. A small crowd had gathered to watch the young Sorcerer and the Second year Dragon face off. It was supposed to be a friendly sparring match. Maybe for Niel it was. But Nick was dead set at the get go on proving a point. I just wasn’t sure who he was trying to prove it to.

I watched them circle each other, the staff comfortable in Nick’s firm hands, blue light whispering along its length and sizzling in a ball of orange and yellow flame on the end. Wherever he pointed it, compact balls of energy whipped from the end and hit their mark, making Niel jump and sidestep to avoid the small controlled balls of fire. Likewise, Niel held a staff as well. It didn’t look near as comfortable in his hands, though from the looks on the girls faces gathered there to watch, he looked plenty good holding it.

Unlike Nick’s, the slithering orange flame that ran along its length was more sporadic. But what Niel lacked in skill with the staff, he made up for in conjuring his dragon fire. Nick simply never knew where it was going to come from next. Every time Niel pushed his energy it was invisible, until it hit its mark and he called his fire from afire. Balls of energy erupted wherever he called them, singing the hair on the back of Nick’s hands and arms if he wasn’t quick enough to avoid them.

“Ah!” he swore once more, sidestepping one erupting flame and moving into another. He swung his staff sideways, using his power to nullify the flames as soon as then sprung up. But he was so busy running on the defensive, he couldn’t attack. The two of them looked like they were performing some macabre dance, and Nick was definitely still learning his steps. I suspected he’d seen this practice session going a different way. He knew how to win—he was less graceful at losing. I imagine he’d looked forward to setting the cocky Dragon in his place with his emerging skills.

I thought back to all the times I’d been where he was. Losing and badly. I hadn’t handled it any better, and the memory still burned. I probably should have kept my mouth shut. But like that was going to happen.

“Nick, you have to focus. Stop hopping around like you’re standing on hot coals.” I shouted helpfully, teasing him.

But Nick was obviously not in the mood for my brand of light banter. “You mean like you did Cross? I imagine if you were standing here you’d be having a much easier time of it. He goes easy on the girls, right Niel? Especially those that have a thing for him.” I stared at him in astonishment, color rising in my cheeks. I could feel the heat as I plastered my icy hands to them in mortification. Why had he said something like that? I felt curious eyes winging my way in speculation, and I was done.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.