The Adventurer's Guide to Dragons (and Why They Keep Biting Me) by Wade Albert White

Author:Wade Albert White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Instead of releasing Anne and the others, the dragons simply detached the cage from its chain, grasped the bars between their claws, and flew off. As they rose into the sky, Anne got a clearer view of their prison. It was indeed a hand—a colossal hand attached to an equally colossal arm. The arm protruded from the side of an immense tier, and Anne wondered if there was even more of the body buried inside the floating island. If so, its size would be staggering.

They crested the top of the tier and continued onward. The landscape was dry and bleak, with sharp peaks and deep trenches. Without warning, the dragons dropped suddenly into one of the shadow-filled valleys. They descended rapidly until the light overhead shrank to a thin crack. Finally, they came to a stop and landed.

They were on a ledge, and in front of them the trench cut even deeper into the rock. Spanning it was a bridge made entirely of bones. None of them asked where the bones had come from.

The dragons opened the cage, and Nana motioned for them to come out. Neither of the dragon guards seemed overly concerned about keeping Anne, Penelope, and Hiro close, maybe because there was nowhere to run. They proceeded across the bridge and into a domed cavern. It was moderately spacious, although Anne couldn’t imagine more than a few dozen dragons Nana’s size fitting in there comfortably all at once. A massive crystal formation rose from the center of the room, and the guards guided them over to a spot in front of it. Nana stopped behind them.

Through an entrance on the other side of the cavern came yet another dragon, a silver one. It was big, although no bigger than Nana. Anne had certainly seen larger. It moved regally, though, and with definite purpose. The silver dragon walked to the center of the room and climbed atop the crystal structure.

“Behold,” said the yellow dragon guard. “Her Majesty, Kassandra Dawnbringer, Queen of the Dragons, Rightful Heir to the Heartstone, Seventh Marvel of the Modern World.”

The queen nodded to the two dragon guards. “You may go,” she said. Her voice was not loud or threatening. In fact, it was almost quiet, and yet it conveyed a strength that was not to be underestimated or trifled with. The guards left.

The queen’s eyes swept across those present until finally coming to rest on Anne.

“So,” she said at last, breaking the silence. “This is the Keeper of the Sparrow who dared to break the treaty between the dragon clan and the Hierarchy by brazenly activating a Dragon Slayer quest.”

“I didn’t dare anything,” Anne said defensively. “I didn’t seek the medallion or know what kind of quest it contained.”

The queen shook her head. “Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Do you deny activating the quest?”

“I didn’t do it on purpose,” said Anne.

“I find that answer to be evasive.”

“Nana, aren’t you going to say something?” asked Hiro.

“Like what?” said Nana. “I thought it was evasive, too.

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