Dragonfruit: Chapters 13-19

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. illustrious
    widely known and esteemed
    It was an illustrious gathering of elders, the mothers and fathers of those down by the shore.
  2. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    The queen’s smile was pleasant, but her eyes were shrewd.
  3. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
    With consternation, he saw his cousin Jejomar running in the opposite direction, toward tree cover.
  4. imperiously
    in a manner showing arrogant superiority
    Her words, so imperiously spoken, drew dozens closer.
  5. dawn
    become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
    Sam looked surprised, then understanding dawned.
  6. constrict
    become tight or as if tight
    Hanalei felt her throat constrict at the number.
  7. succumb
    be fatally overwhelmed
    Hanalei looked away, thinking of her own mother, who had died too young to leave behind a memory for her only child, having succumbed to malaria before Hanalei had taken her first steps.
  8. berate
    censure severely or angrily
    Keeper Catamara stood off to one side, berated by a young man wearing official-looking tapa robes.
  9. charlatan
    a flamboyant deceiver
    Captain Bragadin. That charlatan. What crime hadn’t he committed?
  10. vindictive
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
    That mean, vindictive man. She should have left him in the dragon.
  11. aversion
    a feeling of intense dislike
    Fetu, perhaps remembering his aunt’s aversion to bats, vanished beneath Sam’s shirt.
  12. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
    “I’m alone and can’t do without him. I know you’ll see that finding other lodging is impossible. I’m too distraught.”
  13. jostle
    come into rough contact with while moving
    Hanalei perched on the edge of the bed, careful not to jostle, and took Princess Oliana’s hand in hers.
  14. dubious
    open to doubt or suspicion
    You have been gone from Tamarind ten years. More years than you lived here, I might add, and in the company of a man of dubious reputation.
  15. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
    Then one day you fall from his ship into Tamarindi waters, and are conveniently saved by a handsome, gullible prince.
Created on Tue Jul 08 03:02:00 EDT 2025 (updated Thu Aug 21 17:19:45 EDT 2025)

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