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\"Henrietta<\/a>

Henrietta The Dragon Slayer by Beth Barany, on Amazon and the Nook<\/p><\/div>\n

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Henrietta, the Dragon Slayer<\/h1>\n

By Beth Barany<\/p>\n

Steel demands subtle discernment<\/p>\n

Of shadow and light<\/p>\n

Hidden amidst vapor<\/p>\n

And smoke.<\/p>\n

\u2014The Fire Annals<\/em>, Book V<\/p>\n

From Rafania, a valley town born<\/p>\n

The Dragon Slayer walks<\/p>\n

In strong, determined, steady strides.<\/p>\n

As the crow flies west down the river ways<\/p>\n

The Dragon Slayer walks<\/p>\n

In strong, determined, steady strides.<\/p>\n

Tempered at the castle mount<\/p>\n

Tested on battlefield and cave<\/p>\n

The Dragon Slayer walks<\/p>\n

In strong, determined, steady strides.<\/p>\n

The Dragon Slayer walks<\/p>\n

\u2014From Ode One of the Song of the Dragon Slayer<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter One\u2014Invitation<\/h2>\n

Battle-hardened and brave<\/p>\n

Ready for the fight<\/p>\n

Henrietta the Dragon Slayer<\/p>\n

Swings with all her might<\/p>\n

\u2014From the chorus of the Song of the Dragon Slayer<\/em><\/p>\n

Henrietta strode away from the tavern, fists clenched so hard they hurt. At two paces from the forest edge, the ground crunched in the black night behind her. Even with her ale-fogged brain, she sensed the presence of a man, smelled on him soot, leather and metal, and knew he was armed, but wore no armor.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t have time for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d Henrietta whirled to face the thrill seeker, her long sword drawn, her long red hair whipping across her chilled cheeks. Above her head, the bitter wind keened through the forest trees.<\/p>\n

The man hovered five feet-lengths away from her, out of sword reach, his face shadowed by the light of the tavern behind him. \u201cI heard your story back there.\u201d His voice, thick with a foreign accent she couldn’t place, held no compliment. \u201cI hear you\u2019re looking for a new quest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho gave you that idea?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Song of the Dragon Slayer.\u201d The man’s tone was flat.<\/p>\n

So he wasn\u2019t a fan. She didn\u2019t care. She cared that he didn’t move any closer. Empty hands at his sides, a sheathed long sword at his belt, he was broad shouldered and taller than her by half a head.<\/p>\n

She re-sheathed her sword reluctantly. \u201cSo? What does that have to do with anything? It’s only a song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA song about you. That is why you must come with me now.\u201d He stepped toward her, his face still hidden by darkness.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I must not go with you. Leave me be!\u201d she said annoyed and angry. There was a thrill seeker in every town. Facing him, she stepped back to have room to swing her sword if necessary, her hand waiting on her sword pommel. \u201cThere’s plenty of others in that tavern to harass.\u201d<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t want to play \u201cwho’s the best warrior\u201d just now. The drink had touched her head more than usual, without its usual lovely numbing affect. \u201cWho are you anyway? No, I don’t want to know. Just leave me be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a knight, doing his duty. Assessing.\u201d He didn’t move any closer.<\/p>\n

Like she needed to know that. Then she opened her big mouth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a knight, where\u2019s your armor?\u201d As soon as she heard herself, she knew that was a dumb question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not need armor for this.\u201d He said the words as if she wasn’t worth a gnat on sheep\u2019s berries. \u201cYou will come with me now,\u201d he repeated.<\/p>\n

He dared to order her?<\/p>\n

\u201cI will do no such thing. Weren\u2019t you listening in there?\u201d She gestured toward the tavern where she’d just told and re-enacted her tale. A thrill seeker who ordered her? What was this nonsense? \u201cI did my quest. Now leave me to my peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn’t budge his bulky frame. What was he waiting for? A royal invitation to depart?<\/p>\n

Heaviness pressed against her chest like an anvil, preventing breath from fully entering her lungs.<\/p>\n

She\u2019d done her dragon slaying and military campaigns. Done. Finished. Fini.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is much coin and glory for the one who takes the Emerald Dragon\u2019s Dracontias,\u201d the stranger knight said, disdainfully.<\/p>\n

How much coin? But that didn\u2019t come out. \u201cThe what-ias?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThought you knew everything there was to know about dragons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Politeness wasn\u2019t this man\u2019s strength.<\/p>\n

\u201cYah, that’s me. A walking, talking dragon-spouting slayer, at your service.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man snorted. Very elegant.<\/p>\n

Her stomach churned the ale. She knew what the Dracontias was, but didn’t want to be drawn in, though her coin purse was flat.<\/p>\n

What was wrong with her?<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, uh, Can we talk in the morning? I need to\u2014.\u201d Henrietta gestured to the woods. Her need wasn\u2019t that urgent, yet. She just needed an excuse to make him go away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Great. She had to make good on her words, so she did her best to stomp through the spindly underbrush, ready to move fast if she had to. She had taken no more than two steps when the man spoke again, his deep voice booming at her back.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t do it anymore, can you? Dragon Slayer.\u201d He drew out the word \u201cslayer\u201d as if it were an insult.<\/p>\n

Fear coursed through her at his words, and that made her angry. \u201cI don\u2019t have to listen to this!\u201d A cold sweat broke out under her tunic and across her forehead. She shivered but kept walking, her greatcoat and hat back in the tavern.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t do it,\u201d he repeated louder. \u201cYou have grown soft, weak. That’s what I told my king. You are but a shadow of your former self, if you ever were that Dragon Slayer. I don\u2019t think you killed the Fire Dragon of Britham\u2019s Keep after all. Your story back there was all show. It was your so-called partner who did the deed, and you stole his glory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henrietta froze. She brushed away what little truth he said, and focused on his lies. Anger fired through her body and gave her strength. She turned and stomped back toward the knight. \u201cMy partner was a she. But what do you know! I don\u2019t have to listen to your insults.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have it in you,\u201d he said again, holding his ground. \u201cA fool\u2019s errand I was sent on. But duty is duty.\u201d He spat.<\/p>\n

Enough. It was time to show this disrespectful knight who it was he insulted.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t have the advantage of the light, but she was fast. As she feinted toward the trees as if to walk away again, she grabbed the daggers from her belt and slammed them into the frozen ground at the man\u2019s feet, neatly slicing boot leather, hopefully hitting a toe.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t say a word, but clapped slowly, mocking her, probably smirking. She couldn\u2019t tell. The night shadows still covered his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cFine. Show\u2019s over,\u201d Henrietta said, leaning down for her blades. As soon as she did so, she knew she\u2019d made a stupid mistake. For once she really had had too much ale.<\/p>\n

He dug his huge hands into her shoulders, trying to knock her down. The fire of rage washed over her. She ignored the pain and stepped backwards, slipping out of his grasp to head-butt him in the stomach. He fell to the ground with an \u201coomph.\u201d She had a dagger at his throat before he could open his eyes. She pressed hard, but not enough to draw blood. He got the point. No pun intended.<\/p>\n

He glared back from his position flat on his posterior.<\/p>\n

She glared back. \u201cDid I pass your test?\u201d She let up the pressure on his neck, but didn\u2019t remove the dagger.<\/p>\n

At least he wasn\u2019t sneering anymore. For the briefest of moments, the knight scrunched his face in pain. The tavern\u2019s meager light showed her a warrior\u2019s beat up face, full of picturesque scars, browned from sun, and the angled, dark eyes of an islander, glaring at her. Even with his scars, the knight looked younger than he sounded, perhaps only five or six suns older than her seventeen. He was from the Rocks, or the Oro islands, as the islands called it, far across the Western sea, the second one she’d meet that evening. The first one being the jester who’d paid for her ale and dinner in the tavern.<\/p>\n

Satisfied for the moment that he wouldn\u2019t test her again, she stood and sheathed the dagger.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot bad. For a woman,\u201d he said. Then he stood and stepped back, barely hiding a limp from the knife wound to his foot.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t bother to brush off his fur cloak. \u201cYour partner just got lucky. I still don\u2019t think you\u2019re capable. No woman is.\u201d But the fight didn’t sound so strong in his voice now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you’re obviously wrong,\u201d she said and turned to leave.<\/p>\n

Just then the back door of the tavern opened. The light blinded her momentarily, and a familiar voice called out her name. It was Jaxter, the jester. He walked toward her like a colt unsure on its legs, but he didn\u2019t fall over and moved quite fast. In the frigid wind his satiny purple and yellow cape flapped against his skinny body.<\/p>\n

\u201cHenri, I was just coming to see if you were alright. When you didn’t come back right away, I was worried. You forgot your coins, and your coat and hat.\u201d He paused for breath and handed her her beaver fur-lined coat and elegant forest hat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks.\u201d She slipped them on casual-like. Her long thick gloves were right where she’d left them in the coat pockets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe liked your tale! Very much!\u201d Jaxter said. \u201cWill you come back in and tell us another? How about the one about the Blue Cave dragon?\u201d<\/p>\n

She didn’t respond. She hated to disappoint Jaxter, he’d been nothing but kind to her, but she had no intention of telling more tales this night. She needed solitude and the oblivion of sleep.<\/p>\n

He didn’t seem to notice and galloped on with his words. \u201cYou left so suddenly. I didn\u2019t get a chance to thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henrietta took the silver he handed over and tucked it inside her cloak without counting it.<\/p>\n

Jaxter glanced from Henrietta to the big man. \u201cI hope I\u2019m not interrupting anything. I can just go back inside, where it\u2019s warm.\u201d He smiled at Henrietta and turned back to the knight. \u201cDo I know you? You look familiar. But then again many people do in my line of work.\u201d He chuckled.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do know who I am, Jaxter Renaldo,\u201d the knight said, softly.<\/p>\n

Henrietta strained her ears to hear. His accent had thickened and his tone was different, more gentle. Was he the same man who had insulted her and attacked her moments ago?<\/p>\n

\u201cI do?\u201d Jaxter stepped closer to the bulky fighter with no fear. \u201cHow do you know my family name?\u201d His voice trailed off as he focused on the big man\u2019s face. \u201cBy the Phoenix’s Brightest Feathers! Frankie! I haven\u2019t seen you in so many seasons! You were in the tavern all night and didn\u2019t come over to say \u2018Hallo\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am Sir Franc de Plumare de\u2019Oro now, old friend,\u201d the knight said gruffly, but gently.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh.\u201d After a moment of uncertainty, Jaxter grinned and held out his hand. \u201cCongratulations, Sir Franc de Plumare de\u2019Oro!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWonderful. A reunion.\u201d Henrietta snorted in disgust and turned to leave. She had no more friends. They were either dead or lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cDragon Slayer,\u201d the knight boomed. \u201cI\u2019m not finished with you. We have two days less than one moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo?\u201d She didn\u2019t turn around.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo? In less than one moon, you must face the emerald Dragon for my king. You are to come back with me. King\u2019s orders. We leave at false dawn. I have wasted enough time tracking you down.\u201d<\/p>\n

^*^<\/p>\n

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