Dragon Singer Chronicles

A stammer stole her confidence. A war steals innocent lives. Can a silenced slayer find her voice among the dragons? As the only child of a dragon slayer chief, Alísa's purpose should have been simple: lead the clan in ridding humankind of the dragon scourge. But while gaining respect from hardened warriors is difficult enough with a vocal stammer, when they learn her empathic powers connect uncontrollably to the dragon enemy, it becomes impossible. Confidence shattered, Alísa resigns herself to silent service under her father's apprentice. But when her growing connection reveals one dragon's capacity for good, she realizes the war isn't as black and white as the slayers teach. Now Alísa faces an impossible choice: stay with her family in comfortable but condemning silence, or follow the dragon claiming to know her true purpose.

Dragons, slayers, and one girl's mysterious powers. Alísa has finally started developing her psychic power of empathy, growing in her psychic strength as every slayer must. But when the excitement of the clan's ceremonies is drowned out by foreign sorrow, rage, and fear, Alísa and her father discover there is more to her developing empathy than they'd initially thought-a mystery that may one day condemn her in the eyes of the clan. This short story is set four years before Songflight, the first book in The Dragon Singer Chronicles.