Escaping Peril (Wings of Fire, Book 8) by Tui T. Sutherland

Author:Tui T. Sutherland
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Family, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, General, Social Themes, Friendship
ISBN: 9780545685467
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-12-29T09:01:09.473000+00:00

Beware the darkness of dragons.

Beware the stalker of dreams.

Beware the talons of power and fire.

Beware one who is not what she seems.

Something is coming to shake the earth.

Something is coming to scorch the ground.

Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice,

unless the lost city of night can be found.”

Peril looked from her to the others. Moon’s eyes were glowing as though she was delivering a message from the stars themselves. Her voice got all low and shivery and it was decidedly creepy.

“Well?” Moon asked. “What do you think?”

“You think that first part is about me?” Peril said. Was that what Turtle thought, too? Was he just keeping an eye on her in case she started scorching the ground and knocking over mountains? “I don’t stalk anyone’s dreams. And I’m exactly what I seem like on the outside. Also, sure, I have talons of fire, but no power whatsoever. If I did have any power, my life would be pretty different from what it is now, believe me.”

“Death is a power,” Winter said. “You carry death in your talons.” He lashed his tail, shooting a hard look at Qibli and Moon. “Is this really your new ally? I leave for five days and you start working with a mass murderer?”

“You left pretty firmly,” Qibli pointed out. “You said you weren’t coming back, so why should you get a vote? Also, she just showed up with Turtle.”

“And I can just leave again, too!” Peril cried. It felt as if the thorns were still there, digging under her scales. It felt like another crocodile in the face. If what she had with Turtle was friendship, and this was what came with it, then friends were so not worth it. “I don’t need this! I don’t even want to work with any of you! I can find Scarlet on my own — that’s what I wanted to do in the first place anyway!”

She launched herself into the sky.

“Peril!” Turtle shouted. “Wait!”

That was what she’d wanted him to say, but it wasn’t enough. It wouldn’t be enough even if he could catch up to her — which he couldn’t — and even if he apologized for his awful friends and promised he didn’t think she was some predestined sinister bad guy.

Which he wouldn’t.

Maybe if he told me he’d leave them and just be friends with me …

But he wasn’t going to do that either.

She wasn’t nearly as important to him as his precious winglet.

Well, that was just fine. She’d wasted enough time on him. Now she could get on with finding Queen Scarlet, killing her, and going back to Clay.

Peril set her course for the Claws of the Clouds Mountains, soaring directly over Possibility and beating her wings to fly as fast as she could.

She did not look back to see if Turtle tried to follow her.

Well, maybe once. But he wasn’t, so it didn’t matter.

After some time, though, when Possibility was well in the distance, she became aware of the sound of wingbeats behind her.

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