Hunt For The Hero (Book 5) by Craig Halloran

Author:Craig Halloran [Halloran, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Two-Ten Book Press
Published: 2014-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

Snap. Clatch. Snap.

A circle of Dragons, wings beating, screeching a terror, was coming right at them.

Ben wanted to plug his ears. Instead he took aim, but his arms were shaking.

“Don’t shoot, Boy!” Brenwar growled from somewhere near.

Ben didn’t take his eyes off the Dragons.

They flew in a ring, stretching their long necks and screeching down. Their talons clutched in and out and clicked and clacked. Their jaws snapped in the air and their tails rattled.

Ben swallowed hard, closed one eye, and took aim. “You can do this, Ben,” he muttered to himself. “Be brave. Not foolish.”

A Gray Scale swooped down and snapped at Brenwar.

The Dwarf swung and missed.

Another Dragon came, snapped, and darted back into the ring.

“Keep coming, you ugly birds,” Brenwar said, waving his hammer. “I’ll show you!”

A Gray Scaler dove straight at Ben.

He hunkered down.

It clipped his helmet with its claws, screeched, and flew away.

Ben rose back to his feet with his heart pounding in between his ears. He couldn’t breathe.

One by one, the Dragons dove, dipped and snapped, like eagles snatching at fish in the river.

Ben heard Sasha scream. He whirled.

A Dragon stood on its hind legs, facing her and snapping.

Brenwar charged it.

Twang!

When the first arrow embedded itself in the Dragon’s chest, the Dragon screeched an awful sound and twisted in the grass.

“I got him!” Ben pumped his fist in the air and raised his knee up.

“Quit talking and start loading,” Brenwar said. “Now they’re all coming!”

Ben nocked another arrow and aimed at a diving Dragon.

Twang!

It dipped under the arrow and barreled straight into his chest, driving him into the dirt.

“Get off me!” Ben yelled.

The Dragon pinned him to the ground, biting and clawing at him. He felt his skin start to burn. It was like a big dog with a long neck. Strong and fierce. It bit Ben’s leg.

He screamed.

“Let em’ have it,” Brenwar yelled. “All of them!”

A missile of blue light blasted through the wings of the Dragon on top of Ben.

It shrieked and darted away.

Nearby, Bayzog’s hands were bright with energy, sending one missile after the next.

Ben slipped an arrow from his quiver and nocked it. Kneeled down and searched the sky. His heart was racing. His breath was lost.

Dragons streaked through the sky from all directions, swooping, circling and diving.

“They’re too fast!”

Twang!

The arrow sailed. The Dragon rolled from its path and darted straight for him.

“Ben, look out!”

Brenwar swung his War Hammer. Bayzog fired his missiles.

Too late.

A Dragon swooped behind Ben and knocked him to the ground, making Akron fall from his grasp.

He looked up in time to see a Dragon wrap its talons around it. “No you don’t!” Ben jumped on his bow.

The Dragon’s claws tore into his arm.

“Argh!”

The pain was blinding. Ben held on. He was bigger than the Dragon by at least a hundred pounds but the smaller creature was stronger than him.

Swap!

The Dragon’s tail cracked him across the face.

Akron fell from his fingers. He hit the ground. There was blood in his eyes. Dizzy, he stumbled forward, chasing after the Dragon.

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