LOGINLenaI didn't want to die with my eyes shut. But the cliff rushed toward my face, and my body tried to curl away from it.Keep your weight over him.Caelan's voice came back to me. On Dravok, I had tried to escape a turn by leaning away, and his arm had caught me before I fell.There was no arm arou
A four-leaf clover. I had almost laughed with relief when Vaelis named her price.Now, standing on the narrow shelf outside her cave, I pulled my damp linen blouse away from my skin and looked up. The summit rose far above the waterfall, beyond walls of stone I couldn't imagine crossing on foot.The
My wet linen blouse stuck to my back, and grit from the cliff still ground into the scrape on my knee. Vaelis watched me from the cave's shadow, as if hauling me off the rocks had been an inconvenience she expected me to repay.“I needed to talk to you,” I said. My knees still shook, so I sat back o
LenaHaving four names on a team sheet wouldn't help if my own dragon refused to come near me. Outside the arena, I brushed the training dust from my brown trousers and reached for Vaelis in my mind.Where are you? I'd like to talk.Nothing answered. A pair of riders passed overhead, their dragons'
LenaThe knight was still standing, and none of us had said anything worth standing for. I glanced down at my dusty brown trousers, then back at his stiff posture.“Have we done something wrong?” I asked.“No. Not at all.” He caught the edge of the table before his elbow struck the inkpot. “Your nam
I had two names and no idea whether either person wanted anything to do with me. Still, that was more than I'd had before training.After returning the practice lance, I brushed dust from my brown trousers. Caelan walked beside me while I asked after Vance, and a rider pointed us toward a man standi







