Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George

Author:Jessica Day George [George, Jessica Day]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ages 10 & Up, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Love & Romance
ISBN: 9781599906218
Google: L-nBU2i1DO4C
Amazon: B00413PHVY
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Published: 2010-09-14T04:00:00+00:00

Taking Yourself Hostage

So, we’re inside a volcano?” I gave the heaving river of fire a dubious look. “Isn’t that dangerous?”

“We’re some distance away, actually,” Leontes reassured me. “I believe that the conical mountain to the west of here is the actual volcano. This is a tributary of its lava flow. A great many of the poisonous gases normally associated with volcanoes have already been vented, as has some of the heat.”

“Not all of it,” Hagen said, wiping his forehead with his sleeve.

It was true. Now that we were settled in, with nothing to do but wait, the heat was oppressive. Sweat ran freely down our faces and necks, and we had removed our boots and stockings. Even the dragons were starting to look uncomfortable, shifting about and rearranging the piles of branches and leaves unnecessarily.

I leaned back against Luka with a sigh. “Are you sure that you want to marry me?” I let my eyelids droop. “I keep leading you off on these dangerous missions, and I’m too backward to even know what lava looks like.”

He settled an arm around me. “Well, you are very troublesome, but at least you’re concerned enough about your education to travel so far just to see lava in person,” he replied.

“If you two get all mushy, can I leave?” Hagen mimed being sick.

“Where exactly were you going to go?” I ignored the fake gagging.

“I thought I might go see where that tunnel leads,” he said. “The glass spears are far enough apart that a human could slip through.”

I looked beyond my brother at the tunnel entrance. It was true; a human could squeeze between them. Which meant that we could go out . . . and a local person could come in.

Niva, listening idly to our conversation, seemed to come to the same conclusion. She snatched up more spears, and we all went over to the tunnel mouth. Without thinking, I turned sideways and slipped through, and Luka followed me.

“What are you doing?” Niva whispered as well as a dragon could. “You don’t know what is waiting at the other end.”

“We’re armed,” Luka said, patting the hilt of his sword. I had only a belt knife, but I knew how to use it. “Come along, Hagen.”

“What? No!” I tried to push my brother back through the gap.

Luka put a hand on my arm. “Creel, we need his help.”

I squinched up my eyes for a moment and then nodded. “All right, but stay behind us.”

“Yes, captain,” Hagen said, and saluted me.

We edged our way down the dark tunnel until it made a sharp bend. Peering around the corner, we could see a large opening, filled with light.

“I’m still all dyed dark,” I whispered. “I’ll go.”

My tunic and skin were muddy brown and my hair was coal black. In the back of my mind, I was worried that it wouldn’t wash out in time for the wedding, and I would have to get married looking like a spun- sugar figurine that had gotten too close to a candle.

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