Jonah and the Last Great Dragon by M E. Holley

Author:M E. Holley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780995427
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2012-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

ALPHA MALE

As the dragon circled the Forest again and the terrible laughter died away, pandemonium broke out. The crowd pelted towards the lych-gate, everyone struggling to push through. The wolves, snarling as they saw their prey beginning to escape, raced up and down beside the churchyard wall to find crumbling places where they could scramble over. Jonah pulled Erin to her feet.

‘Come on! No, not towards the gate.’ He dragged her away from the crowd.

‘Jonah!’ Erin gasped. ‘It’s the wrong direction! We want to go the other way!’

‘No. The lane’ll be too full. We shan’t be able to run.’ He jerked his head towards the gate where men and women, coughing in the dragon’s smoke, were jostling frantically to get through. Some clambered over the wall beside the gate into the lane, others shouted for help with elderly relatives. Two huge wolves began to creep towards the edge of the crowd. Men started yelling and panicking, throwing clods of earth at them. A couple of clergymen, looking over their shoulders, swiftly helped to lift the smallest children over the wall to the lane.

‘See?’ Jonah panted. They raced towards the far corner of the churchyard wall, above the lane.

‘Let’s get over the wall here and then across the lane into the fields. We can go quicker that way.’

There was a sudden burst of gunfire. The children both jumped and turned to see that all the wolves had got into the churchyard. They crouched at bay, red tongues lolling. The noise of Harry’s shotgun had stopped them in their tracks but, of course, the gun could not injure them. It was only a matter of seconds, Jonah knew, before the creatures realised that the gun held no threat. Erin turned towards the wall again but Jonah gripped her hand.

‘Don’t move,’ he whispered urgently. ‘If we run, they’ll notice us. They’ll go for us then.’

The Reverend Vaughan suddenly dashed out of the church and strode calmly in front of old Harry, holding a copy of the Abracadabra spell towards the wolves. The farmer stood shakily clutching his gun, as the wolves, snarling, backed away. The big pack leader ran up and down, trying to cross the invisible barrier the vicar was making. Unable to find a way to leap at their prey, the wolves whined with frustration and Harry grinned.

Something made Jonah look up, and he gasped. The Archangel was standing on the church roof, searching the sky. ‘Look at Saint Michael. He looks much more like Mike now.’

‘He’s getting stronger,’ Erin murmured.

‘Everyone’s been praying. Perhaps it’s helping him,’ Jonah whispered back.

Above the church, the sky seemed to waver and glow. Then the radiance crackled, as if the air were splintering into fragments of golden glass. The light was so bright that the children had to cover their eyes and look down. Above them, something flashed, and then there was a piercing shriek. A Night Creature dropped to the ground, and for a moment lay motionless across a grave. It looked as if it was carved from stone.

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