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There was silence for a onblade spoke "We’ll wait till he returns then If we go after him outside, unless fortune hands hinored it, and puffed his with air to er, and slunk down Shadowcatch’s tunnel

The dragon slurown a little larger on the rich meals of the Wyrm The smell of another male so close put fire in his veins and chest, just what he needed for the day’s work He onelle’s cavern Shadowcatch’s nostrils twitched, and his lips peeled back in his sleep to expose sharp yellowed teeth

A sleepy Dragonguard stood up when AuRon caht froht froate AuRon snarled

"No ht it"

AuRon hurried past in the dark He wondered how long he had before the ruse was unonelle, with freshly uncased wings, lay on Nereeza’s perch, but otherwise all was the saonelles lay encircled around fresh clutches of eggs and a third, Alhala, lay swollen and panting, ready to clutch

"This ends today," he said with his ht "They’ll be here to gather the eggs soon"

The dragonelles stirred He felt their confusion

"I won’t end up like Nereeza!" Ouistrela growled, using her voice rather than her mind

"What do you ht the one who had teased him before "That is Shadowcatch’s tunnel What--?"

"No tie "But your eggs are never going to be taken froo about the job carefully He’d only done six dragonelles when he heard voices fro upside down in the shadows, just as Father used to hide when he was on guard His skin turned a ray and black to ht There uard said "Shadowcatch is in there"

"You’ve been napping on duty again, Rov," sohed "Shadowcatch still sleeps off his wine in his chaain," Eliauard Therecavern The rest of you, afterunsheathed

The keepers and the dragonguards came into the cavern cautiously, wyronelles upon their perches Elia a beam fro--the light played across AuRon’s haunch before onelle carefully All were chained to the wall; all had their muzzles on

"Rov’ll lose his cloak for this, the lazy wretch deserves it Two clutches," the Dragonblade said "We’ll have another before sun-down, I think A good uard said

"No harlint in her eye I think she means trouble," Eliam said He raised his voice, so he could be heard farther down the cavern "Ouistrela, be sensible You give us few enough eggs as is, you don’t want to anger ed out of this cavern In sections Don’t forget what happened to Nereeza"

AuRon held his breath, praying that Ouistrela would hold her tongue And her place

"I re to be foolish, are you?"

"No, sir"

"Good"