A Prince among Frogs by E. D. Baker

Author:E. D. Baker
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2010-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

Ten

We should start by talking to Nastia Nautica,” said Millie. “Two dragons should be able to handle one nasty sea witch.”

“I’ll go with you,” Coral said. “If you’ll give me a few minutes to get ready, I’ll show you the way.”

Audun shook his head. “That won’t be necessary. I’ve already visited her sunken ship. I should be able to find it without any trouble.”

“But you’ll still have to deal with Nastia Nautica herself,” said Coral. “She’s usually horrible to everyone, but if she’s the one behind the sea monster attacks, then she’s gotten worse. You need me to go with you.”

“If you really think you should … ,” Millie said. “It’s awfully kind of you to offer.”

“Kindness has nothing to do with it. I’ve been a friend of your great-aunt and your mother long enough to know just how upset they’d be if anything bad happened to you. Oh, and take Shelton with you, in case we get separated. You can always send him back to me if you need my help.”

“A fat lot of good he’d do,” muttered Octavius.

“That will be all, Octavius!” Coral snapped at her butler. “You may go.”

The octopus looked deflated as he slunk out the door, his eyes turning to watch them as he left.

“I don’t know if Shelton will want to go with us,” Millie said. “We’ll be going as dragons.”

Shelton waved his claws in the air. “I’m not afraid of dragons! See here, I’m wearing my own suit of armor! Nothing can hurt me.” He thumped his shell with his claws and tried to look fierce.

“I didn’t think you’d be afraid,” Millie hurried to say. “It’s just that we’ll be traveling very fast, and you might be in danger when we meet Nastia Nautica.”

The little crab scuttled down Coral’s fishy tail, across the white sand-strewn floor, and up the skirt of Millie’s gown. “When do we start?” he asked.

“Octavius!” Coral called. The octopus appeared in the doorway as if he’d been listening in all along. “Our guests and I will be leaving now. Please see that there’s nothing lurking outside the door that shouldn’t be there.”

“Right away!” said the octopus, and he disappeared from view.

“Thank you for your help,” said Millie. “We’ll come back to visit you properly when we have more time.”

“Just take care of that baby brother of yours,” Coral told her. “Olebald Wizard is a horrible old man to have kidnapped a baby like that. And to turn him into a frog … The least I can do is help you find Grassina and your mother. Now, if you’ll give me just a minute, I’ll go get ready.”

Octavius made them wait while he peered through the bubble, then went outside to look around. When he came back and reported that the area was clear, he blocked their way with spread tentacles and said, “Good luck finding your parents, Princess. I like your mother. She was always nice to me, even if she did bring that pest Shelton here.”

“Who are you calling a pest?” Shelton asked, peering out from Millie’s cupped hands.

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