Dragonfire Warrior – Isaac Keyes

“She’d be welcome here,” Astrid said to me in the darkness. I could almost hear the color on her cheeks. “I know. I think she knows, too. But maybe she still needs some time before she’s comfortable with that.” We didn’t have the energy to start anything that night and sleep quickly came for us.

OceanofPDF.com Chapter Twenty-Three In the morning, after the sun had risen, Vennicera and I stood in the front room, dressed in simple yet well tailored and stylish clothes. She wasn’t wearing her bodice, but the buttons on her dark blue shirt strained to keep her chest contained. “You might put an eye out if one of those pops.” She jiggled at me. “That’s the point, Lys. A straining button draws the eye a little more than normal. And before you say it, I know they already draw the eye.

But we’re going for maximum effect today.” “I’d say you achieved it,” Astrid said, walking into the room still in her nightclothes. She looked us both up and down. “Be careful, huh? And how long do you think this is going to take?” I shrugged. “I hesitate to answer that, because it’s all a guess, and if it takes a lot longer than I tell you it will, you’re going to drown in worry.”

“Oh,” she grimaced, “I’ll be doing that anyway. But I see your point.” “It’ll be fine.” I went over and gave her a big hug. “We’ll be back before you know it. And order whatever you want up to the room and just put it on the bill.”

“Hmph. You think they have berry explosion ice cream?” “Astrid, this is the High Lotus. If they don’t, they’ll make it fresh because the penthouse asked.” “Oh.” She blinked. “Take your time then.” Downstairs and out on the street, I became invisible as everyone stared at Vennicera, even the women. She put on such a show that it didn’t just draw eyes because of the allure, but simply because of the spectacle.

She clearly loved every second of it, as a permanent smile blossomed on her lips. I said nothing. The Royal Archives were in the next district over, a few blocks away from the palace itself. My mind wandered to the Empress, wondering if she was in residence at the moment. Her, her jailer-guards, and her crystal statue. The building that housed the archives spanned quite a few city blocks. So many that the roads continued under and through the lower level, otherwise it would have blocked travel for a lot of people.

We went in the main entrance, a grand affair with too much gilding, even by my standards. At least every surface wasn’t covered with gems. My professional curiosity would have had me stopping constantly to appraise and pass judgement on them.

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OceanofPDF.com Chapter One “Dodge this!” Astrid flew through the air, just below the clouds. She threw her hands wide, and with a vicious smile, she conjured a monstrous wall of fire that she flung straight in my direction. Or so she thought. It warped the air as it traveled along, an inferno that would incinerate anything in its path. I watched, smugly, from behind her as it enveloped the illusion of myself that I’d conjured when I passed through a cloud moments ago.

Our magic couldn’t hurt each other. This, I had to assume, was an effect of our special bond, because her fire certainly worked on everything else, hence our aerial practice sessions. She stopped to hover in the sky, staring down at “me.” “What was that, Lys!? You didn’t even try to avoid it!?”

“Didn’t I?” I whispered in her ear. “AAAHHHH!” She spun and launched another attack right at me on pure reflex. The smug grin on my face didn’t budge a bit as I conjured a ward against the flames. I didn’t need the ward for my own safety, as even though I could feel the heat, it wouldn’t burn my skin or my clothes.

We’d tested it out, and there seemed to be a small aura surrounding us both that nullified the harmful effects of our spells. But our practice sessions were exactly for this sort of thing, and I would have lost the game if I had just let it wash over me. I set my hands on my hips and met her eyes.

Still smiling. “Oh! You bastard! When in the world did you even do that!? I’ve been watching you this whole time!” “I passed through a cloud a few minutes ago. I cloaked myself and made a double. You’ve been following it since.” She clenched her jaw, trying and failing not to grin back at me.

“That’s… well…. Dammit, that was pretty smooth. I didn’t even notice!

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