AabiLynn's Dragon Rite #0 Dragon's Brood: Egg Hatchlings' Ritual

By Kristie Lynn Higgins

Type: short story word count 7,850
Start this fantasy action adventure novella series with a short story and travel where dragons have been part of the world for millenniums. Enter a realm where riders are paired with dragon hatchlings to raise and care for them and to form a bond like no other.

In the first story...

Useless... Unwanted... Unloved...

When those closest to you see you only as a useless crippled child with no hope of a future, where do you find the strength to prove them wrong?

No one believed in Cara-AabiLynn, not even her own father and the woman who raised her. Born with a stunted arm and leg, those who she loved the most saw her as worthless and withheld their love from her. Given to a cruel man to cover her father's gambling debt, Cara's life of uncertainty became one of certain hardship and despair.

In the first story, candidates assemble to participate in the Dragon Rite, a ceremony to bond with a dragon hatchling.

Cara has a chance to break free from her harsh life as a slave and bond with one of the dragon hatchlings but only if fate will allow her.

The Dragon Rite... the dragon queen lays her eggs and children must decide which egg among her clutch to select. Cara selects an unwanted egg among the brood, unwanted just like her.

AabiLynn's Dragon Rite epic dark fantasy sword and sorcery action-adventure novella series
#0 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Dragon's Brood: Egg Hatchlings' Ritual
#1 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Break Dawn Riders: Those Who Are Chosen And Those Who Are Cast Off
#2 AabiLynn's Dragon Rite: Esspell, Dragon's Sorcery: Might Of Swords, Might Of Magic

If you love stories with dragons or stories about dragons like Anne McCaffery’s Dragonriders of Pern, Cressida Cowell’s How To Train Your Dragon, or George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire a.k.a. Game of Thrones, you’ll love this series about a bond of friendship and family like no other.

AabiLynn’s Dragon Rite series is a saga of friendship, sacrifice, love, war, and betrayal. This short short novel has elements of dark fantasy. Travel where dragons have been part of the world for millenniums. Enter a realm where dragon riders are paired with dragon hatchlings to raise and care for them and to form a bond like no other.

AabiLynn's Dragon Rite epic dark fantasy sword and sorcery action-adventure novella ya series
ADR #0 Dragon's Brood
ADR #1 Breaking Dawn Riders
ADR #2 Esspell, Dragon's Sorcery: Might Of Swords, Might Of Magic

A saga that brings young adult Cara and her baby dragon closer to danger. Legends are made and myths shall arise. Start this young adult fantasy that bridges indifference in a fairytale realm of dwarf like creatures, epic fantasy, baby dragons, magic, wizards, warlocks, shapeshifters, epic adventures, elf like creatures, grand magical battles. Dark fairy tale like story which examines the bounds of friendship and the power of magic. Heroic Cara faces the quest for a better life. Free of her slave life, she will find a power from within. Supernatural forces move against her dragon nest to destroy it. Survival depends on working together and heroism might not be enough. Coming of age among the dragons, Cara has finally found a place she can call home. Dragon folklore tells of one who will help save the world. Long forgotten fables aside, Cara must find the strength within her to triumph over evil. A ya dragon novel to encourage accepting the friendship of another. In this book like the dragonriders of pern, high fantasy adventure awaits those who side with Cara. They band together and move forward in this ya epic fantasy. Dark forces within the magical realism with soon march against heroic Cara and the dragons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kristie Lynn
• Release date: Jan 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310364945

Kristie Lynn Higgins

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AabiLynn's Dragon Rite

#0

Dragon's Brood

Egg Hatchlings' Ritual

Kristie Lynn Higgins

Book One of the Series

Text Copyright © 2014, 2019 by Kristie Lynn Higgins

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AabiLynn's Dragon Rite

#0

Dragon’s Brood

Egg Hatchlings’ Ritual

Book One

Kristie Lynn Higgins

AabiLynn (uh'bee'lin): woman of a sorrowful song

Prologue

In an age of magic, the Stygian Legion moved against the land of Athenia during the first reign of men. The Stygian Legion was an army of warlocks under the command of King Viiss. King Viiss wanted to enter the land so he could steal a large jewel and open a doorway to the Void, a world of demons. They would have conquered Athenia if not for the dragons aligning with tribal men. Their combined forces of sorcery and steel repelled the advance of the Stygian Legion, and King Viiss returned to his kingdom defeated and empty-handed.

Now during the third reign of men and a time of peace, young humans were brought to the land of dragons within Athenia. The young humans participated in the first ceremonial acts of the Dragon Rite. Many went but few were chosen.

Chapter One

AabiLynn

The sun peeked over a grass-covered hill and brought morning to Thatchman’s farm. There was a bit of a chill in the air as spring forced winter out. Thatchman harnessed his horse and prepared to continue plowing his field to make it ready for seed. He still had two days of work before he could sow. Thatchman finished buckling the last strap on the harness when he noticed dust rising in the distance. A group of riders approached his land, and he expected they would come. He went over to the hut