Chapter 46-Jamie's Anger
{Tamli-narrator}
Tronay's sudden unconsciousness scares me. I had sent Geer out to find help but he hadn't returned.
What do I do? I think as I hold my unconscious sister in my lap. Tronay is five months pregnant, it's not like I can carry her to the castle or even to the Guardian chamber!
My panic lessens as Geer returns with Jamie, who is cautious around me and my new dragon. I don't know why she would be nervous around us though. She reaches her owner's side and focuses her cold, icy glare at me.
What happened? She asks with a bitter tone as if she blames Geer and I for this.
"We . . . I . . . I don't know, she just collapsed into my arms," I explain.
Jamie snorts at my words and turns her attention to Tronay.
Rest, young one. You must save your strength for later, she hums to her owner before focusing her rage back on Geer and myself.
You left her in one of the worst possible spots for a human this far along in pregnancy to be! She is on the verge of a coma thanks to you two! Jamie screams at us.
Geer jumps back at her fierce tone and I reach for my sword.
You fools could have killed her and her unborn child! Jamie continues to rant.
I finally just tune her out and begin to try and speak with Geer telepathically.
Geer? I ask.
Yes, comes my dragon's reply.
I'm stunned at this. Geer can now speak with me telepathically.
Master, will Jamie ever be quiet?
I'm afraid not, Geer, I reply.
Okay, my dragon replies sadly.
This new mournful side of Geer shocks me. Since when was he a mournful dragon? Jamie finally stops her rant and glares at me before leaving. As she walks through the open door, I see what I think might be that her abdomen is slightly larger then the last time I saw it. Geer is confused by my sudden quietness and questions me aboout it.
I'm fine, I mutter as I turn my attention back to my sister.
For weeks following her vision, Makiar is concerned over what it might mean for the future. Ruby offers her support but a feeling of dread hangs over the red dragoness as she thinks about all that might occur in the future.
That vision may be an event that has happened or will happen. I don't know wich one though, Makiar growls in frustration.
Relax, Makiar, Ruby hums at the annoyed dragoness. Everyone gets frustrated sometimes.
Makiar hadn't told Ruby of her vision yet but the energy that radiated from the red she-dragon calmed her nerves on more than one occasion. Makiar had begun to spend more time isolated from Ruby and her master, Leo Ricata, which worried the two. They had heard tales about this powerful dragoness and now she was living among them.
Makiar? Ruby asks one night after she and Leo finish an evening meal of desert rabbit.
What? The slowly weakening red dragoness asks.
Would you like some . . . ?
No, I don't, Makiar growls before Ruby can finish.
With that Ruby turns to Leo, clearly worried about Makiar.
If she doesn't eat something soon, she might die, Ruby comments as Leo runs a hand along her red spines that run down her back.
She will eat when she feels like it, Leo replies.
You've been saying that for the past month now and she still hasn't eaten anything! Ruby snaps as a growl escapes her throat.
Makiar flicks her head in the direction of Ruby and growls softly.
Silence, daughter of Finca! I need time to recover from the horrific events that fate has laid before me, Makiar hisses sharply.
Leo laughs at Makiar's intervention of their argument.
Seems like Makiar has decided that it's enough, Leo chuckles.
Ruby snarls but says nothing.
As the days pass, Makiar begins to have trouble sleeping. This vision has truly unnevered her. This dread of the future that is now present to her only. Leo tries his best to speak with her about the vision but Makiar retaliates with either a sharp growl or a swipe with her tail. Her redden scales have dulled to a darker red, due to her lack of food to nourish the beauty of her scales. Leo and Ruby finally decide that she might be losing all hope for another outcome to what she has seen in her vision.