Zenor joined them, grabbing Nuella’s free hand. Kindan smiled as he watched Nuella squeeze Zenor’s hand back, tightly, and then wrap her arm around his shoulder.
“If you kiss him, then everyone will know,” Kindan whispered in Nuella’s ear.
“Good,” Nuella whispered back. She grabbed Zenor’s face and kissed him soundly on the lips. The gathered crowd roared with laughter at Zenor’s obvious surprise.
“Look after him, please,” Kindan begged her when Zenor managed to pull himself away, red-faced with embarrassment and joy.
“Haven’t I always?” Nuella replied. Then she frowned. “But Kindan, what about you?”
A figure separated itself from the shadows. “I think I may help.” It was Master Zist. “This is an official offer from the MasterHarper of Pern,” he said, pressing a parchment into Kindan’s hands. Kindan unrolled it and nearly dropped it as he read the words.
“I may be a Harper?” he asked, eyes wide.
“So, Kindan,” Natalon asked with interest, “what will you do?”
“I think I’ll sing,” the newest Harper of Pern replied.
Dragon’s Kin is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously.
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