Dragon's Treasure (Dragons Awaken Book 1)
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Opening it gently, Delilah leafed through her words and doodles. Those always made her smile. When she reached her last entry, from the night before, she read it first before writing about today.
My dearest book,
I finally found the time and privacy to write. Mother has us moving at a frantic pace. After she felt the curse break (which saved me from another tongue lashing), she panicked and frantically started packing, ordering me to do the same. I had no choice but to comply… as I always do. We left our cabin in a hurry. Under the pretense of leaving my other spell-book behind, I managed to quickly go back and let the poor animals out of the shed. Who knows when we might be coming back… or if we ever will. I just wish I had more time to heal the poor creatures. I hope they managed to get away alright.
I caught up with mother and luckily, she didn’t suspect a thing. She was too distracted by being mortal again, so she said. I don’t know why she would want to live forever. It might seem appealing at first… but when I think about it… If life is what this is, it is boring. And if it did by some miracle become more interesting one day, if I met my loving prince or a brave knight who would save me from mother… I wouldn’t want to live forever after he died… and what about my children? After learning everything there is to learn and seeing everyone I love die … what would be the point?
I digress. Mother found out that the Prince himself had left and gone after a dragon a few months back, so of course, we went straight for the Royal Palace. Only my mother could do that, march in like she owned the Palace. Everybody fears her, and for good reason.
We found out that the King was actually quite ill and that a regent had taken over temporarily, at least until the Prince comes back. They had sent word after him. Mother left a potion for the King. A simple cough potion, I knew by the color of it… it was pinkish… kind of like… like… I cannot think of anything pink at the moment…so… It is pink, and it tastes rather nasty. I had to drink it once, so I would know to recognize it. It is sweet, but a sickly kind of sweet with a very burpy aftertaste. I had to nibble on mint leaves the whole day, it was that yucky.
Where was I… AH! Prince Magnus. Yes.
We found out he was somewhere in the Western Province and mother had a premonition that he was involved in the breaking of the dragon’s curse. So of course, we headed west, hoping to meet with the Prince on his way back. Maybe he’s as beautiful as I heard… and as charming… maybe he’ll take me away from mother so I can finally be free.
I have a confession to make… my magic is growing stronger, but not the one mother has been teaching me, with the written words, spell components, potions and brews… I never had the concentration for that, my mind always drifting, daydreaming of what ifs… no… this is the magic that feels like it’s coming from inside me, flowing through me. What does it mean? It’s scaring me… I don’t want to become like mother. I’ll just…
Her entry had been abruptly stopped there. Lilith had burst into her room and Delilah was forced to hide her book under the covers. And then later, when her mother was asleep, she had surreptitiously turned it back into the talisman.
Delilah sighed. She couldn’t believe how much her life had changed in such a short time. She wondered what was ahead of her. How her life would unfold, what challenges would be put in front of her. The biggest one obviously being her own mother. And she couldn’t stop fretting about the new magic growing inside her.
She sighed and picked up her quill and wrote down today’s entry:
My mother is a whore.
Also by Maya Starling
DRAGONS AWAKEN TRILOGY
Dragon’s Treasure, Book 1
Dragons’s Prize, Book 2
Dragons’ Queen, Book 3, coming out end of 2017
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Maya Starling is a writer, a geek, an animal lover and a gamer. She has lived the life of a magus, an oracle, a goth mortician, a star wars rebel while sitting at a table and rolling dice.
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