Dragon Aster Trilogy

9: PRISONED



Cirrus regained consciousness as he felt Lintrance’s psi trying to get his attention.

His older cousin looked down at him with his orange eyes, as the aeri light from the hallways of the dungeon was blocked out by his tall shadow.

Cirrus tried to move, but his body refused him with numbness, as it had yet to realize that he was still alive and still needed feeling. “Where is she?”

“Where is who?”

“There was a girl—you have to send the High Guard out to find her!” Cirrus shouted at him as he tried to move again, managing only to turn his head and bring his arm to his side. He had been tied down in chains.

“Easy there, you’re in no condition to go anywhere, not after you went berserk on us and forced me to do this. If that hadn’t been Jasper’s Pack that you angered, I’d be burying you right now.”

Images of the fight surged painfully through his head as it felt like he was still being thrashed about in the middle of a battle.

“You remember anything?”

“I have to find her. Let me out of these chains!”

Lintrance stepped back instead, as if to try and size his claim up.

Cirrus pulled at the chains again, as his anger helped bring back all of his other feelings. But that wouldn’t get him out of this. He couldn’t stop thinking about her and whether she was alive. If he lost her now to the phelan, then it would have all been for nothing. His promise. Their last hope. He had to calm down.

His Ancient found the concentration to find the tightly-bound air particles in his chains, and expanded them. His binds shattered and he sprung to his feet and ran out of the cell.

“Cirrus!”

“Debate crazy with me later!” Cirrus rushed past others in the Dragon Caverns and he didn’t stop until he reached the wind tunnels. He somned and dipped into the smaller chasm, then twisted through the tunnels and tight turns until he reached the larger Chasm outside. Flying higher, Cirrus headed for where he had left Sybl.

“Hold up! I’m coming with you!”

“Then keep up,” Cirrus shouted back at Lintrance, as the dark green dragon emerged from the tunnels in pursuit.