7. Father and SonAiden’s steps shifted between a swift, eager trot and a slow, measured walk as he made the journey home. He had met a wizard and a King and an Eagle Rider, been into the Palace and now he was a member of the Feather Guard. One minute excitement bubbled through him so fiercely that he thought he would burst if he could not tell someone soon. Next minute came the niggling feeling in the back of his mind that something was not right. It was all he had dreamed of, so what was bothering him?
His chest suddenly felt very tight. Yes, he had gained all that he had dreamed of, but he was going to have to leave behind everything he had ever known. What would his family think about him leaving? Would they think he was abandoning them? In a way he was. He was only a few months away f
