The Dragon Queen (Lamb & Castle Book 3) by J M Sanford

Author:J M Sanford [Sanford, J M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

“We’re going to stay back out of the way while they summon the dragon.”

“On the edge there?” Harold glanced back at the six figures on horseback, precarious on the outcrop of dark rock. The golems had no fear of heights. No fear of anything, as far as Harold knew.

“We’ll net him, make sure his wings are pinned, then we push him over the edge there. We can tell Master it was an accident. Agreed?”

“Um… I’d swear the mage said about bringing him back.” That was the point of the fireproof nets some of the golems carried, and of those grappling hooks with their ferocious iron jaws. Once netted and bound securely, the dragon would be in for an undignified sort of sleigh ride all the way back to the ice palace, where he could be locked safely away again. Or so Meg said.

“No. Better this way. Accidents happen all the time in high places. And if the fall doesn’t kill him, we can go down there and finish him off. For now, stay out of the way, and when we get back I can tell your fair lady just what a brave knight you were.”

“I reckon…” Just then, the loudest thought in Harold’s head was that the Archmage wasn’t even here to call off the golems if they all turned against him. ‘Accidents happen all the time in high places,’ and the Commander might not have been talking about just the dragon. If Harold should chance to ‘slip’ and fall into some ravine, there wouldn’t be any witnesses to tell his side of the story.

“Come on, how’s the girl going to fall in love with you if everyone knows you’re a coward?”

On the promontory, the six golems began to chant the white dragon’s name, six voices rising as one: “Regeltheus, Regeltheus, Regeltheus,” emotionless but powerful enough to raise the hairs on the back of Harold’s neck. He glanced back the way they’d come. The ice palace was far behind them, long lost from his view, well enough away that there would be no risk to the women if they summoned the dragon here. Too bad if it wasn’t far enough, as the chorus of voices crashed through the empty landscape like waves on rocks. Climbing back onto his horse, Harold craned his neck trying to see into the circle – nothing was happening – and then something huge burst up from beneath the surface of the lake, shards of shattered ice flying through the air like glass. The ground shook, chunks of rock and ice falling into the lake as the white dragon clawed its way up onto the island. Its wings, big as sails, beat the air as it fought for purchase. Opening its enormous fanged jaws wide it spat only sparks, the furnace of its body chilled by its time spent lying in wait under the ice, but it could still snap any one of its would-be captors in two. The ground under Harold’s horse’s hooves rumbled and shuddered.

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