Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis EPUB & PDF
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- Author: Erica Hollis
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- Genre:Epic Fantasy
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The forest air smells of dew and moss and melted snow as I take in a slow,
silent breath.
The end of winter in Nivstede is beautiful, a time of new beginnings and
sunlight coming back into the world, but I can’t stand here and enjoy the
scenery. I’ve gotten plenty of chances to do that anyway, spending the last
week in the back of a wagon.
Each step I take is calculated, and I move only after I’ve examined the
ground for any twigs that could snap beneath my boots and give me away.
Through the barrier of trees, two voices slink toward me like snakes
slithering through the grass. They seem to come from all sides at once,
dragging up and down my spine.
“Humans…humans nearby…approaching…”
“Find a place. Cover. We will keep watch.”
“We must fly—”
“We stay.”
My heart gives a leap. The words, raspy and rough to my ears, would
sound like animalistic growls to my companions. I was already quite sure of
what I heard on the path, but now there’s no doubt in my mind.
Dragons.
Our horses looked about ready to die of fright when we first heard them,
refused to move, and left us stranded on the dirt path with no one around for
miles and miles. I got out of the cart and headed into the trees before
anyone could even ask me to go take a look.
After all, this is what they’ve hired me for; this is why they’re escorting
me to the city of Morwassen’s Pass. Now they can see that they’re getting
their money’s worth.
I walk alone through the woods, having left the others at the wagon with
a promise that I’d be back within an hour. Scyler was against this, saying
they’d much rather stick close to me with a sword in hand, but Danil and
Maryse persuaded them to let me go alone.
If I showed up with a bodyguard, the dragons may think it’s an ambush
and lash out. Kind of funny, given that they’re usually at least twice my size
and far more deadly than any blade.
I stop and hold my breath, closing my eyes and listening as closely as I
can to the sounds of the forest surrounding me.
In the distance, to my left, the leaves rustle, a soft and continuous sound.
A tail dragging across the ground, perhaps?
The noise vanishes almost the instant my eyes open, but I peer into the
woods in the direction it was coming from. Taking care to keep my breaths
slow and quiet, I stare ahead, squinting, searching for something that
doesn’t belong.
After nearly a full two minutes, I find it.
A strange shape, nestled between the trees, statue-like and a deep shade
of green, nearly blending right in.
I blink once, twice, to make sure my brain isn’t simply seeing what it
wants to see, and that’s when I spot the unmistakable glint of a reptilian,
dark yellow eye.
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