Dragons of Asgard 3 by Logan Jacobs (thriller novels to read txt) 📕

forth a portal while I gripped the amulet on my neck. The stone started to glow, and I knew Preyna had gotten the message.

When we’d left the sorceress, she was headed to see Odin about a matter with the castle, and as much as I didn’t want to interrupt her business, this was urgent.

It’d been less than an hour since we’d said goodbye to her, and she had to know I wouldn’t call her so quickly unless it was absolutely necessary.

The portal was ready, and Blar hopped on my shoulder as I stood up.

“I’ll be right back,” I told the girls. “Keep doing what you’re doing.”

Kas kept her hands pressed against the dragon, and tears continued to run down her cheeks, but she nodded, and her violet eyes were determined.

I took a deep breath and stepped through the portal.

Blar had brought us to the same place behind the castle he usually did, and I immediately took off running toward the council building.

It was nearly dark in Asgard since the days were the same as they were in Alfheim, and the realm grew darker with each step I took.

Just as I made it to the stairs in front of the council building, Preyna barged out of the double doors and stopped in her tracks when she saw me.

“Rath,” she breathed, and she lifted her dress with one hand and rushed down the steps. “What is it? What’s wrong?”

“We need your help,” I told her, and I grabbed her hand and pulled her back the way I’d just come from.

“I knew it had to be urgent when you contacted me so soon,” she breathed as she ran next to me.

“I hope I didn’t interrupt anything with Odin,” I said. “But it’s an emergency.”

“Oh, no, our meeting is over,” she assured me. “But regardless, I would have come anyway.”

“I know you would have,” I said as I cast her a small, grateful smile.

“This should be far enough,” the sorceress said, and she grabbed my hand to stop me.

We were in the middle of the street, but there was nobody around, and we were far enough away from the castle we wouldn’t easily be seen.

“Blar,” I said, and the little dragon nodded his head and closed his eyes.

A portal appeared in front of us, and Preyna and I stepped through into the clearing where I’d left the girls with the injured mother.

We came out near the large green male dragon, and I glanced over to see Uffe, Inger, and Svass were all curled up between his front paws. The little dragons were clearly upset about what was going on, and I made a mental note to thank the male for watching them during this stressful time.

“Oh, this isn’t good,” Preyna muttered before she rushed toward the nest.

The female didn’t even lift her head as Preyna approached her. She was reunited with her baby, but her injury was severe, and it would kill her if Preyna couldn’t do something to stop it.

I sensed the little dragon in the egg was upset, but his mother’s presence was calming him to some degree, and she was making sure to remain as tranquil as possible so she didn’t worry him even more.

The mother had her neck wrapped around the egg, and she nuzzled it softly with her nose as she sighed deeply and tried to ignore the pain in her arm.

I realized she’d sustained the injury because she’d fought so hard to try and keep her baby safe, and it made my blood boil with rage. Whoever the man was who’d come to try and take the egg, he must not have used the same method as the other dealers who used herbs to put the mothers to sleep before they stole the eggs.

No, this man had stormed in here and tried to steal the baby right out from under her. He was lucky he hadn’t been killed right then, but he had to have some sort of skills in order to injure the female so badly and also gain custody of her egg.

I followed Preyna over to the dragon, and the blonde sorceress crouched down and inspected the wound.

“I can’t heal her…” Kas said. “She’s bleeding out too quickly, and if I stop keeping her blood in, she’ll be gone before I can cast the spell.”

“I understand.” Preyna put her hand on the strawberry-blonde’s shoulder. “You’ve done very well, Kaspyr. I’m going to help, and we’re going to save her together.”

Kas gulped and nodded her agreement.

“What can we do?” Asta asked.

“Yeah,” Eira added. “We’ll do whatever we can to help.”

“I’m afraid there’s not much you can do,” Preyna said. “Please, give Kas and me some space to work.”

The girls nodded, but they seemed to be stuck where they were, so I carefully grabbed each of their hands and pulled them to their feet. They allowed me to guide them backward, and then Asta turned and put her head against my chest.

“Oh, Rath,” she breathed. “I’m so very worried for her.”

“I know.” I gently stroked the elf girl’s back. “Preyna’s here to help, it will be okay.”

My eyes never left the two sorceresses as they worked, and even though my words assured Asta the mother would live, I wasn’t sure I believed them myself.

The female’s injuries were so incredibly extensive, and I couldn’t imagine the work the two women would have to do in order to reattach her leg. I knew healers were powerful, but I’d never heard of one having to reattach a limb before. Luckily, Preyna was the most powerful sorceress I knew, and between her and Kas, the mother dragon was in the best hands possible.

If Kas and Preyna couldn’t save her, then nobody could.

I pulled Asta and Eira over to the large male dragon.