Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace

Author:Maria Grace [Grace, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999798447
Google: hB9lzgEACAAJ
Goodreads: 57777578
Publisher: White Soup Press
Published: 2021-04-17T00:00:00+00:00

Several hours, or at least what felt like several hours later, Joshua poked her shoulder and leaned close. “I think I hear the Movers talking.” He pointed toward the ceiling, as though they were standing right above them.

How could she have missed that?

She glanced at the wyrms. They were woven into a tight cluster near the door, the females sleeping and the males keeping watch.

Elizabeth leaned back into the stale-smelling hay, her shoulder pressing into Joshua’s as she clasped her hands in her lap and closed her eyes.

“How much has the damn weather cost us?” That voice—it was the not-gentleman—Ayles, yes, he had been called Ayles.

“Two, three days, and I ‘spect there be more storms a’coming.” Corney’s coarse voice was much easier to identify.

“Our buyer is not going to be happy. It already took too long to get the bloody creature in the first place.”

“Damn him. So, he thinks there ain’t any other out there who would want a baby firedrake—a dragon fit for royalty? If he won’t pay, we just take our things and find another. We might not even have to leave Bermuda to do it. I ‘eard that there were another prince what would have a fire-breathing dragon for his court.”

“How do you propose we find such a prince?” Ayles’ feet shuffled overhead.

“The same one who lined up this affair will find ‘im.”

“What is the name of this man?”

A foot hit the deck hard, followed by several off-rhythm steps— Corney’s limp. “You don’t need to know.”

The ball of wyrms jumped and several growled, staring at the grate overhead.

“If anything happens to you, there should be someone else who can find this mysterious dragon broker.”

“Then you just best make sure that nothing happens to me, eh?” She could imagine Corney poking Ayles’ chest.

So it was true, there was no honor among thieves, and they even acknowledged it among themselves.

“What are you going to do with the boy and the woman?” Ayles asked.

Elizabeth’s heart pounded hard enough to drown out their voices. She held her breath. Joshua clutched her hand.

“Sell ‘em with the dragon as handlers, trainers, what have you. If not, the boy is not too young for work. The woman looks good enough. I reckon we can get a decent price for her one way or the other.”

Joshua squeaked and squeezed her hand harder.

“And if they do not want them? If they are not worth what you think?”

“I ain’t worried about that none ‘til we get to Bermuda and offload the dragon. I’ll figure it out then.”

Bermuda?

Bermuda. Did the Pendragon treaty extend to British territories like Bermuda? There was some statement about that in a recent paper the Minister of Foreign Dragon Affairs had written. Or was it a proposal?

“Are you certain we have the right dragon?”

“What d’ye mean?”

“Have you looked at that creature? He looks nothing like any of the bestiaries with fire-breathing dragons. You really think something that tiny is going to grow into a full-size dragon? Scarlett would have known for certain.”

Pray that Corney believed it possible.

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.