Dragonheart by Charles Edward Pogue

Author:Charles Edward Pogue [Pogue, Charles Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1572971304
Publisher: Boulevard Books

Draco watched the group of villagers roll the rickety cart down the path to the bridge. The young girl was strapped to a pole wedged into the back of the cart. She was yelling like a madwoman.

“No! No! Please!” she pleaded.

The front wheel of the cart bumped to a stop at the opposite end of the bridge and the peasants, with elaborate bows, hastily retreated back to the village. The girl gazed up fearfully at Draco and screamed. It was a very healthy scream and it annoyed him, almost as much as this bizarre spectacle befuddled him.

“Psst! Psst!”

Draco turned his head toward the urgent hissing. It was Bowen. He had sneaked across the stream and hunkered behind a clump of bushes near the bridge.

“Don’t look over here,” Bowen whispered frantically, gesturing for him to turn his eyes away. Draco stared back at the girl, more befuddled than before. He whispered back to Bowen out of the corner of his mouth.

“Who’s the girl?”

“A nuisance. Get rid of her.”

“Why?”

“They’re trying to placate you with a sacrifice.”

“Whatever gave them that bright idea?”

“Never mind! They’re imbeciles.”

“Barbarians!”

“Just get rid of her!”

“How?”

“How should I know? Eat her.”

“Oh, please! Yech!”

“My, are we squeamish? You ate Sir Eglamore.”

“I merely chewed in self-defense, I never swallowed.”

“Oh . . . I suppose scorching her’s out of the question, then?”

“Absolutely!”

“It would impress the yokels.”

“Will you listen to yourself?”

“Well, do something with her!”

Draco leaned into the girl. She screamed that annoying scream of hers again, and when Draco reached out a claw to her, she fainted. At least it stopped the screaming. Wrenching the stake from the cart, the dragon flew off with the limp girl. The crowd poured out of the village, cheering.

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