Dragonfruit: Chapters 1-6

by Makiia Lucier
In this romantic fantasy, exile Hanalei returns home to Tamarind, and, with prince Samahtitamahenele, goes on a quest to find a seadragon egg that can heal Samahtitamahenele's mother.

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  1. grotto
    a small cave, usually with attractive features
    Her guide’s name was Moa, and his response came after much neck craning as they peered from high above the grotto into the watery cavern below.
  2. furtive
    secret and sly
    He rose, casting a furtive glance at her hands and the scars that covered them.
  3. ravenous
    extremely hungry
    It would have woken ravenous.
  4. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
    Hanalei sketched the green seadragon next. A long, sinuous body covered in scales, along with legs and claws, and as she finished its feathery tail, the seadragon lifted its head.
  5. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
    Bragadin had spent his early boyhood on the streets of Raka, plucking dragonscale in the notorious orphan workhouses before finding work on a ship, then owned by the infamous dragoner Salvega.
  6. impenetrable
    not admitting of passage into or through
    Not so far into the future, they would be used to make armor, scales overlapping, impenetrable.
  7. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
    “It was fortuitous,” the second trader said.
  8. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
    “Don’t be crass,” the second trader said under his breath.
  9. conciliatory
    intended to placate
    The first trader held out his hands in a conciliatory gesture, smiled.
  10. forfeit
    surrendered as a penalty
    Whose life would be forfeit this time?
  11. incendiary
    a bomb that is designed to start fires
    There would be incendiaries stored beside it in a waterproof box.
  12. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
    “You think you’re invincible, but you go too far this time. We’ll hang for this.”
  13. unguent
    preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
    She refused to have it tended to, ignoring the unguents and lotions prepared by royal healers.
  14. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
    His mood following the sinking of the Lagoon was even more mercurial than before.
  15. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
    Her satchel hung behind her, cumbersome, but she would not leave it behind in her cabin.
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