Dragons of Asgard 3 by Logan Jacobs (first ebook reader txt) 📗

she hesitantly took the meat and held it in her little paws so she could pull bites off it.

“Why don’t you stay with Kas and Asta,” Eira said, and she gently pulled the little dragon down from her shoulders so she could look at her.

The little yellow female glanced around and then scurried back up Eira’s arm so she could bury herself in her hair once more.

“I think that’s a no,” Asta said seriously.

“I’d say so,” Eira laughed.

“She can come with us.” I smiled. “She doesn’t want to leave you.”

“As long as it’s okay with you,” the redhead said, and she turned her head to look at the little dragon and smile.

Eira clearly had a soft spot for the tiny creature, and it seemed the feeling was mutual. All of the dragons had taken to different members of my crew, and I couldn’t be happier.

Of course, I was their leader, and I could control them if need be, but they each matched one of the girls when it came to personality and fighting style.

Inger often rode on Asta’s shoulders and assisted her in battle. The elf girl tended to throw her weapons a lot, and Inger would retrieve them for her.

Uffe usually assisted Kas since the two of them were very grounded in their fighting styles. Kas didn’t use a lot of fancy maneuvers, instead, she relied on the massive weight of her weapon. Uffe preferred an up-close physical battle as well since he used his earth manipulation as his main means of defense.

It looked like this new little dragon was going to bond with Eira, which was fine with me. That meant the warband leader was more likely to join our little group permanently, or at least for as long as it took to dismantle the dragon trade. Though, that could be years considering how widespread it was. I didn’t think a single realm didn’t have some form of the trade, and while not all the dragons who were captured were abused by the families that bought them, it should still be their choice.

The dragons I had were orphans, and I would take care of them for as long as they’d allow me to, but I also knew there could possibly come a day where they wanted to venture out on their own.

I wanted to make sure the world was safe for them when that happened.

“Alright,” I said after everyone had gotten a little bit of meat. “Blar, can you make us a portal?”

The little dragon stood up on his back legs and patted his tummy with his front paws.

“You want me to bribe you?” I asked with a laugh.

Blar patted his tummy once more.

“Alright,” I chuckled. “I suppose we did skip lunch today. I’ll give you a little more, but then we’ve got to go, okay?”

Blar leaned forward so he landed on his front paws, and then he looked up at me, smiled, and nodded.

“He really is a brat, isn’t he?” Eira laughed.

“Definitely,” I agreed.

Blar scoffed and turned away from us, but I just rolled my eyes and retrieved more meat from the cart, which he eagerly took from my hands. Apparently, he wasn’t too mad to accept my offering.

While the little dragons all ate their second piece of meat, I looked up at the evening sky. It was going to be dark soon, and I didn’t want to leave Kas and Asta alone for too long. I knew they were capable of taking care of themselves, and they’d have Inger and Uffe with them, too, but I still didn’t like the idea of the two of them alone at night.

They were my women, and I would do whatever I could to protect them at all costs, and that meant making sure they weren’t in an entirely different realm without me once the sun went down. We’d already encountered one set of bandits today, and I could only imagine there were more lurking in the area.

“Ready now?” I asked Blar after he’d finished his meat.

The little blue dragon nodded and flew up to land on my shoulder.

I grabbed hold of Eira’s hand while Blar closed his eyes and focused. After a few seconds, a portal appeared in front of us, and I stepped through the spinning pool of air into my homeworld of Asgard.

I took a quick look around and saw we were in the woods just behind the castle. It was a lot closer than Blar used to get us.

After he’d discovered his teleportation ability, he had to learn to harness it just like I did with my dragon communication. He was able to make portals, but they wouldn’t always bring us to where we needed to be, and sometimes we were miles from our destination.

“Your ability to control your portals has greatly improved,” I told the little blue dragon with a smile.

“That amulet probably helped a lot,” Eira said as she pointed at the small stone around Blar’s neck.

Kas’ father had made it for him, and the old sorcerer crafted one for me as well. They were intended to help us with harnessing our abilities. They didn’t increase our power at all, simply made it easier for us to control, and the redhead was right, they’d helped a lot.

Blar lifted his little chin and closed his eyes, and he looked incredibly proud of himself.

“Alright,” I chuckled, and I reached up to scratch under his chin. “You’re doing well, but let’s not get a big head here. We have to keep working.”

The little blue reptile rolled his eyes, but then he flashed me a sweet smile and laid down on my shoulder.

“Of course, you’re going to make me carry you for that,” I laughed and shook my head as I started to walk around the castle fence toward the council room.