The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire, Book 12) by Sutherland Tui T

Author:Sutherland, Tui T. [Sutherland, Tui T.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2018-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

“Oh — good,” Swordtail said. “Great. Um. Hello, Chrysalis.”

“What kind of secret organization just admits who they are to any idiot who walks in?” Sundew muttered. She flicked her tail, swiping Cricket with the billow of her cape. “They have no idea who he is or who he’s with!”

Cricket crouched to get a clearer view through the shelves, but she could still only see three dragons in the reading nook. Was that it? The whole Jewel Hive faction of the secret SilkWing rebellion was … three arguing dragons?

“Why were you looking for us?” demanded the dragon with bright blue wings. He was the owner of the first voice — Morpho, if Cricket remembered right. His torso was dappled with iridescent sea-green scales and little patches of white ran down his tail, but he had clearly been named for the color of his wings, which were nearly as vibrant as Blue’s.

“Maybe he wants to join us,” said the pale yellow dragon hopefully. “Do you dream of a better world, friend?”

“Do you agree that all Silk-Wings should refuse to serve any HiveWings in the Glitterbazaar?” the blue dragon demanded. “And that we should make lists of all the SilkWings who do so we can go yell at them?”

“Oh, honestly, Morpho,” said the third dragon, rolling her eyes.

Swordtail cleared his throat nervously. “Um … my name is Swordtail. I’m part of the Cicada Hive Chrysalis — I mean, sort of — I was about to be. Me and Luna. And now she’s missing. Have you heard anything about a dragon named Luna recently? Has she come to you for help, maybe?”

The three dragons blinked at him in confusion.

“I don’t know anyone named Luna,” said the yellow dragon. “I’m sorry,” she added as Swordtail’s wings drooped.

“She’s a flamesilk,” he said. “We rescued her, but she might have been recaptured by Wasp Hive. Have you heard anything like that? A SilkWing taken prisoner over Dragonfly Bay in the last five days?”

They all shook their heads, and Swordtail’s wings drooped even more. “Are you sure?” he asked. “Maybe she’s hiding with another wing of the Chrysalis?”

“Maybe,” the yellow dragon said gently. “We haven’t heard anything.”

Cricket reached over and squeezed one of Blue’s talons. He looked so worried and sad … she wished she had a tiny fraction of Clearsight’s power so she could have a vision of Luna and let Blue know his sister was all right.

“Is that why you’re here?” asked Morpho. “Just looking for another SilkWing?”

“Not just that. My friends and I were hoping you could help us,” Swordtail said.

Morpho squinted at the shelves behind Swordtail, while the other two dragons exchanged a worried glance. “Your friends? Who’s with you?”

Swordtail turned and beckoned. Sundew rolled her eyes at Cricket. “Very thorough introduction, Swordtail,” she whispered. “This is going to go great.”

Blue stepped out first, sliding up beside Swordtail. Before he could speak, the yellow SilkWing jumped forward with a gasp.

“You’re the one from the Wanted posters!” Her pale yellow antennae unfurled all the way

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.