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“It’s like that fever stole all your coloring along with your strength.”
It’s not the first time I’ve heard her curse the sickness that nearly killed her while she was pregnant with me or the library Dad made my second home once she’d been stationed here at Basgiath as an instructor and he as a scribe.
Mom’s storm-wielding signet power she channels through her dragon, Aimsir.
just a collection of stories that warn us against the lure of magic, and even demonize dragons, but it’s all I have left.
There are only two ahead of us now—a woman with a full pack, whose high cheekbones and oval face remind me of renderings of Amari, the queen of the gods. Her dark brown hair is worn in several rows of short braids that just touch the equally dark skin of her neck.
“Most of the marked kids who carry rebellion relics are from Tyrrendor, of course, but there are a few whose parents turned traitor from the other provinces—”
“His father was the Great Betrayer. He led the rebellion,” I say quietly. “What is Xaden doing here?” “All the children of the leaders were conscripted as punishment for their parents’ crimes,”
Zihnal, the god of luck.
“The Continent is home to two kingdoms—and we’ve been at war for four hundred years,”
“Navarre, my home, is the larger kingdom, with six unique provinces. Tyrrendor, our southernmost and largest province, shares its border with the province of Krovla within the Poromiel kingdom.”
“To our east lie the remaining two Poromiel provinces of Braevick and Cygnisen, with the Esben Mountains providing a natural border.”
“Beyond Krovla, beyond our enemy, lie the distant Barrens, a desert—”
“Within Navarre, Tyrrendor was the last of the bordering provinces to join the alliance and swear fealty to King Reginald,”
“It was also the only province to attempt secession six hundred and twenty-seven years later, which would have eventually left our kingdom defenseless had they been successful.”
“The kingdom of Poromiel mainly consists of arable plains and marshlands and is known for exceptional textiles, endless fields of grain, and unique crystalline gems capable of amplifying minor magics.”
“In contrast, Navarre’s mountainous regions offer an abundance in ore, hardy timber from our eastern provinces, and limitless deer and elk.”
“The Trade Agreement of Resson, signed more than two hundred years ago, ensures the exchange of meat and lumber from Navarre for the cloth and agriculture within Poromiel four times a year at the Athebyne outpost on the border of Krovla and Tyrrendor.”
“Tyrrendor encompasses the southwest of the Continent,”
“Made up of hostile, mountainous terrain and bordered by the Emerald Sea to the west and the Arctile Ocean to the south, Tyrrendor is nearly impenetrable. Though separated geographically by the Cliffs of Dralor, a natural protective barrier—”
Blue dragons descend from the extraordinary Gormfaileas line. Known for their formidable size, they are the most ruthless, especially in the case of the rare Blue Daggertail, whose knifelike spikes at the tip of their tail can disembowel an enemy with one flick.
Malek.” The god of death.
“Sgaeyl is a Blue Daggertail,
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Every rider can do lesser magic once their dragon begins channeling power to them, but the signet is the unique ability that stands out, the strongest skill that results from each unique bond between dragon and rider.
Melgren can see the outcome of battles.
“I can read a person’s recent memories,” Dain admits quietly. “Not like an inntinnsic reads minds or anything—I have to put my hands on the person, so I’m not a security risk. But my signet’s not common knowledge. I think they’ll use me in intelligence.” He points to the compass patch beneath his Fourth Wing one on his shoulder. Wearing that sigil indicates that a signet is too classified.
Dunne—the goddess of war—that
no more than three cadets carrying rebellion relics may be assigned to any squad of any quadrant.
marked ones assembling in groups of three or more will now be considered an act of seditious conspiracy and is hereby a capital offense.
grass oddly trampled underneath.
Shadow wielders are incredibly rare and highly coveted in battle, able to disorient entire drifts of gryphons, if not take them down, depending upon the signet’s strength.
signet was siphoning.”
“He could absorb power from various sources, other dragons, other riders, and then use it or redistribute it.”
Professor Kaori glances at me for a heartbeat before looking away.
Something in my chest shifts, a feeling that I can’t explain and yet can’t shake.
“Did he tell you people supposedly only turn into venin if they channel directly from the source?”
October first is always Threshing.
“I know exactly who and what you are, Violet Sorrengail.”
One should beware of a strong rider who bonds a smaller dragon,
“But Barlowe bonded?” Ridoc questions. “Though from what I’ve heard, his Orange Scorpiontail is on the smaller side.” “She is,” Quinn confirms. “Which is why he’s struggling this morning.”
as his eyes lift, locking with mine. My whole head tingles.
foreshadowing intinnistic?
“Dragons pay no heed to your puny gods.”
He can read minds—an inntinnsic.
“Mine!” Andarna screams. Skin-prickling energy zings down my spine, then rushes to my fingertips and toes, and the next breath I take is in total, complete silence.
Everyone in this room is frozen in place…except me.
I’m alive. I’m alive. I’m alive. I repeat the mantra in my head as Xaden wipes the blood from my dagger on the back of Oren’s tunic. “Yes. You’re alive.”
“I didn’t realize I’d said that out loud.”
“I’m fine.” I’m not. His focus snaps back to my eyes. “Never lie to me.”
My scalp prickles, but I fight the urge to turn around.
