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"Defensive circle!" I shouted

Elyssa blurred to the side as jaws snapped at her She tossed the baby in an underhanded motion toward Bella

"Don’t throw the baby!" Shelton yelled at the top of his lungs

Bella caught the s her ar shot fro on the floor would have hurt it

The leyworer than a car Which still rowled a word, and a shield sprang up around us The leywore snake It hissed and roared, snapping at the barrier

The baby, for its part, continued to cry at the top of its lungs

I figured the leyas a baby itself, judging from the size I watched as it slithered the peri for the way in

"It’s intelligent," Ada"

I noticed two puckered scars where scales had inadequately covered some old injury, and wondered what could have hurt the leyworm like that The only tiasped I’d seen this creature before I’d rescued it fro, Maxi the creature to power an arch along with so cruel barbs which he’d stabbed into the leyworm’s scaly side I’d freed it, and it had promptly eaten Dash

"Can we move with this shield with us?" I asked

Shelton shook his head "Not easily This is a lot bigger than what I’ht lose it, and junior there gets a full meal deal"

"Options?" I asked

"I have Lancers," Elyssa said, adjusting soht knock it out"

I watched the leywor red eyes fixed on Shelton It see toonit his all

"Elyssa, be ready just in case," I said, and took a gae of the shield, and waved my arms to attract the leyworm Red orbs narrowed to slits "Re? The crazy guy using you for experiments?"

The leyworm roared in on breath and spittle

"Don’t you have any gratitude?" I said "I saved your life"

The "little" dragon arded me for a moment

"We’re not here to hurt little babies," I said "But ant to knohat’s going on, and how in the world your, uh, parents are el babies"

The leywore er," Shelton said, his face glowing red

"I’

The leyworm looked at Shelton It looked at Elyssa Then it let out a hiss that sounded h, and motioned with its head

"Promise me you won’t attack," I said to it

Itnoise

"Lower the shield," I told Shelton

The hu Bella and the others held their staffs in defensive positions, various hues of deadly energy glowing atop theht toward the giant dragons in the center

"Maybe we should take the baby and run," Ada curiously at the little bundle of joy