Milk & Croakies by Sam Cheever

Author:Sam Cheever [Cheever, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: amazon-vorbestellt, cThriller
ISBN: 1950331237
Amazon: B07VQHKPZR
Publisher: Electric Prose Publications
Published: 2020-01-20T23:00:00+00:00

13

Above the fear of their loss…

I landed on the edge of a foot-high rim of sticks and rocks, stumbling forward and barely catching myself before I fell into the slimy, stinky debris covering the bottom of the nest. The dragon threw back her head and roared, sending a fresh stream of fire in my direction. I dove to the side, heat searing the hairs on my arm but not quite burning me.

The dragon surged to her feet, tail unwinding and lashing out so quickly I barely had time to jump the muscular appendage before I was skewered.

“Run, Walt!” I yelled as the unfurling tail left him free. He didn’t waste any time. With an agile leap from the nest, Walt hit the shimmering magic of the wall and tumbled through, rolling to his feet on the other side.

I was right behind him.

The dragon burst through a beat later, her gaze like a forest fire in a windstorm, wild and raging as she opened her mouth again.

I thought about the contents of my artifact bag. Was there anything I could use?

Fiery death shot in my direction. On pure instinct, I lifted the sword in front of Walt and me, expecting to be burned alive.

But the fire hit the blade and spun backward, returning to the dragon and sizzling harmlessly over her opaline scales.

She tried two more times with the same result, and then slid her deadly tail over the floor of the cave, the agile appendage skimming dangerously close to Mr. Wicked and friends.

“Get out of here!” I yelled to them. But before they could move toward the door, the dragon was suddenly there, blocking the opening with her huge, enraged form.

To my surprise, she didn’t fling fire at us or try to skewer us with her tail. I looked into her eyes and saw something there that broke my heart. She looked…sad.

I turned to Walt. “Why are you here?”

He was pale and panting, but his gaze was on the dragon’s too and I could tell her sadness was affecting him. “She took me from the Demons and brought me here.”

“She didn’t try to eat you?” Slimy asked, hopping closer.

Walt fixed a startled look on the frog and shook his head. “No. I think she’s just lonely.”

“Hobs says she’s locked into her dragon form,” I said. “If there are no other dragons in Plex, that means she’s alone. And will be for the foreseeable future.”

“We could take her home with us,” Hobs said, his blue gaze liquid with compassion.

It was an idiotic idea. An impossible one.

Which, of course, was why I agreed to do it.

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