A Dragon's Heart (Book Three in the APK Trilogy)

Chapter 4 | Loss(t)

So a few people have asked to be reminded who a few of the characters are, an understandable ask seeing how this book has been going on for so long and I do tend to introduce quite a few people. 

1. AISLING (AS.LING.): Wife of Hobbson, Aisling is a Water Sprite/Siren and the Queen confidant and close friend. Aisling was the one who had Obsidian arrested on his arrival to the Water Kingdom and his ship searched for the egg on the basis of a tip that it was hidden there. She was the choice pick for the person who had framed him - but her innocence was proven when Aranel owned up to that particular bit of evilness. Her motives towards approaching Katarina at the end of Chapter 3, Part 1 are unknown at the moment, but Aisling is a complex character so don't judge her too quickly ;)

2. KATARINA (KAT.A.RE.NA): She is the soulmate to Ambrose, (Soulmates in the Water Sprite terms are a little different to the Human understanding of the word, basically they were paired together from a young age.) She chose to break this pairing when she deserted him and under, (what we now know to be Aranels instruction,) made off to the Air Kingdom, where she attempted to make Zalas fall in love with her, which of course didn't work. So working with Aranel again, she went back to the Water Kingdom to try to win back Ambrose so as to have some power in a high place, which we has just learnt, hasn't worked either. 

3. AMYARILLIS (AM.A.RIL.ISS.) is Circe's good friend, she comes from the Water Kingdom and is 1/2 Siren and 1/2 Water Sprite. She and Cobalt have developed a 'thing,' which I think is kinda cute ;) 

So there you have it guys! If anyone needs another character update let me know :) Hope you all enjoy the chapter, I know you have been waiting a long time.

Love Daisy xox

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CIRCE

Two days before Ambrose's departure from the Water Kingdom.

I was unsure when the urge hit me. The desire to find land, the kind of desire that twists deep in your gut, quickens your breathing and leaves your heart in your throat.

I was deep under water at the time, and for a moment it felt as though there was someone ... something floating behind me with a finger reached out, ready to touch my bare skin. I had swirled around but there was no one there and I was left looking out into the vast, empty, ocean with chills running down my spine and a sudden feeling of claustrophobia etched into my mind.

Using my Siren instincts, instincts which I had grown more and more familiar with as time had passed, I was able to figure out the direction of the closest land and with the eerie feeling chasing me on, I set out for it straight away.

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Two days of swimming put land in sight and still the urge had not left me. The waters were warm here and the underwater ocean life, although delightful and once would have had me enticed me to explore, held no interest for me now. I assessed the land quickly, with the air of one who has become an expert at survival, paying no attention to the brightly coloured aquatic life flitting below me.

It appeared that I had found, not an island, but a mainland. The shore line stretched out far on either side of me and the vegetation was thick and green. The land was choppy, it rose and it fell and I spotted the mouth of a slow moving river off to the right. Swimming towards it, I stayed low in the water. This area was an ideal location for a human township; my instincts told me that there would be one somewhere.