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Blurb
In Wales, Ceridwyn
takes up her inherited duty to care for the dragons in the mountains. Awed by
them and the huge book about them, she is determined to prove her worth.
Far away in Norway,
Leif has growing concerns for his sick dragon. He discovers only one cure will
stop his dragon’s suffering. The mighty Herensuge must journey to find his
bonded mate.
When they meet, Ceri
and Leif make combined efforts to aid the dragons and discover an astonishing
surprise. The great lore book each of them protects tells they have a
responsibility to the future. At this rare and magical time, not only the
dragon pairing must occur.
Join Ceri
and Leif as they work to keep the sworn silence and keep the dragons safe.
Friendship is growing between them, but will it be enough? Can love blossom
between two chosen to serve the serpent?
Excerpt From Chapter 1
The rising sun, whose brilliant arc matched her march up the hill,
greeted her, warmth on her face and the last of the moon dissolved away into
the brightness of a blue sky. What an auspicious day. The next part of her
journey, she picked her way delicate as a mountain goat farther up the hillside
until the shadowed opening to the caves appeared.
Shrubs guarded this entranceway, each one of them placed by Mam or
Gran, and one or two were old enough to have been planted by Great-Gran, a
devotee of the holly. Gran chose the delicate and nectar-laden buddleia, some
of which bloomed now, its tiny purple flowers in long, draped, slender cones.
Mam had planted low-growing gorse. Each spring it erupted with magnificent
yellow blooms. Ceri thought again on her decision. When the time came to add
her own signature here, she’d plant elder, for she loved its sweet frothy
blossoms and its ripe fruits that fed birds so well.
She said a swift, silent prayer and ducked into the cave mouth. Here,
she undid the belt at her hips so her robes hung smooth as they should, and she
slid off her Wellington boots. From this entrance, she’d tread barefoot over
the chilly surface of the compacted pale clay and raw quartz pebbles of the
path. Along and down, she searched with her fingers over the cold and damp rock
wall, feeling her way down. She descended deeper into the gloom and passed the
low-hanging lump of granite Mam always called Lizzie’s Pap. The darkness now
complete, her stomach rolling and her breathing rapid, she heard the echo of
Mam’s instructions in her mind as she stepped for the first time onto the gravel-edged
shore where the dark waters of the Jet Llyn joined her world to that of her new
charges. She counted four paces forward. Blind for now, she stretched out her
right arm and felt about in the darkness until she found the thick branch of
wood holding the torch she needed to light.
Tiny pebbles stuck under her toes. The nip in the air sent a shiver
over her as she set her willow wand down, and with her fingers a bit shaky, she
struck the match to light the moss wound around the top of the pole wedged into
the gravel. The torch flared. The dry stalks, which must be replaced each visit
here, took easily and burned up bright. She breathed out in a rush of relief.
So far, everything was as it should be. A fresh rash of trembles raised
gooseflesh all down her arms and not because of the chill in the cavern.
Ceri picked up her wand and lifted the lit torch. She carried the light
in front of her in her left hand until she reached the scrap of gritty beach
with its short rock causeway that projected forward like a finger reaching out
toward the middle of the deep water. Here, she held the torch shoulder high so
the light glittered and reflected as in a mirror off the depths of the Jet
Llyn. In her other hand, she held the quartz-crystal-tipped rod, and pointing
it, she positioned the clear stone on her wand so it hovered over the still
dark surface.
She swallowed, gave a little quiver, forced down her apprehension, and
sucked in a breath.
Beneath the quartz point of her rod, illuminated by the bright
torchlight, a single fat bubble rose. The water rippled. Stronger circular
movements followed until small waves lapped at the shore inches from where she
curled her toes so they gripped into the stones. An itch tickled in her palm,
but she kept the rod steady.
Just as Mam said, they were coming for her.
The dragons were coming.........
ON THE 23RD NOVEMBER I SHALL POST ANOTHER EXCERPT
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