Vagrants: Book 2 Circles of Light series (57 page)

‘Jeela,’ Dessi
whispered, her hand slipping into Kera’s even colder
one.

Farn’s sister, the
ivory cream Dragon Jeela, spiralled down first, her eyes whirring
in distress at sight of Kadi. But all eyes were focused on Gremara,
the Silver Dragon of Talvo Circle.

She twisted through the
air, more swimming than flying, and landed softly, staying down
rather than rising in the traditional greeting.

‘I was afraid the poor
one would not last until I could find her. I am so glad that you
reached her.’

She was staring at Mim
as her voice rang in all their minds. He took a step towards her,
then another, until only an arm length separated them. Gremara’s
head snaked down, her brow gently resting against Mim’s.

‘My Lord, do you know
me?’

‘Yes Gremara.’ Mim
spoke aloud, his voice husky with tears. ‘I know you
now.’

‘Heal our friend,’ Fenj
asked simply.

Gremara’s head swung to
face the old black Dragon, her eyes flashing rainbow
hues.

‘Move aside,’ she said
softly.

She lifted only man
height from the ground, her sinuous body twisting and weaving
around Kadi’s battered body. The onlookers thought they could hear
a faint singing but it was gone before they could be
sure.

Jeela suddenly
trumpeted a warning and Gremara snapped away from Kadi and surged
into the sky.

A dark green Dragon,
scarred and far too thin, stormed down towards Gremara, fire
spilling from her jaws.

‘Nula!’ Kera heard Fenj
gasp as Gremara spun like liquid, spitting fire in turn.

Gremara turned on her
tail and seemed to drop, the green Dragon screaming triumphantly
straight after her. Then Jeela was above and to one side, pouring
torrents of flame onto the green Dragon’s wings as Gremara swerved
up and spat fire at her belly. The green Dragon fell, her red eyes
still blazing with mad rage. Gremara and Jeela stood beside her,
relentlessly sending streams of fire into the body until it was a
smouldering heap of ash.

Gremara floated slowly
back to Kadi, her exhaustion apparent in the dullness of her
eyes.

‘Hold tight to the
eggs,’ she murmured, looking directly at Mim and then at
Chakar.

Once more Gremara
danced above Kadi, the egg pendants pulsing like heartbeats as the
sun crept over the mountains. Kadi stirred, groaned, her eyelids
flickered and opened. Gremara settled beside Mim.

‘She will need much
rest and care, but she lives.’ She pressed her brow to his again.
‘Visit me soon. I should like visitors.’ Then she rose to where
Jeela waited on a higher crag.

Kera looked back at
Kadi. Light seemed to coalesce above and around the midnight blue
Dragon. Kera glanced at Gremara and then followed the silver
Dragon’s gaze up to the clear sky. Shadows seemed to dance across
her vision, but there were no clouds.

Kera shook her head.
Just a trick of the light.

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Circles Of Light
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1 Soul Bonds

2 Vagrants

3 Drogoya

4 Survivors

5 Dark Realm

6 Perilous
Shadows

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- 1000 years after the events in ‘Circles Of Light’.

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