Page 82 (1/2)

"I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see the Four Horse my hand with steel force

There were twoconcussions And one more minute of silence--the horrible silence of anticipation, the blissful silence of not yet knohat round shook as it lifted off the hilltop, screas, had a long and serpentine neck, was covered in gleaht they were black They were so dark it was hard to discern a color, but they glea rainbow of luminescence that shifted as the creature s were thin and veined,bones Its body ended in a long, whiplike tail, and steath like it had ascended directly fro and black, was forked like a s’s tail

I stared at it,to process what I was seeing

Catcher got there faster than I did

"Holy shit," he said "She on"

• • •

There was no breathing of fire, at least as far as we could see No hts But the thing Sorcha created sure looked like a dragon

We just stared at it, trying to co

"Get them!" Sorcha screa used to its feet, the dragon luain on wobbling feet and stretched its wings, flapping the the syncopation of flying

The hollow sound of an outboard motor drew our attention, and we all turned around Jonah steered a boat to the south end of the island, negotiating through slabs of ice He sent waves over the shore as he o!"

"That’s our ride!" Catcher said "Run!"

"Get everyone off the island," Ethan yelled into his coon Yes, I said dragon," he repeated, in case anyone hadn’t yet seen theits way across Northerly Island

We hauled ass toward the boat, splashed through mud at the shoreline, and cli?" Jonah asked

"Back to shore," Ethan said "And step on it"

• • •

Jonah steered back into the harbor, h the chunks of ice that still floated in the water, ignoring the NO WAKE signs and sending the other boats swaying

It had becoust I pulled off my jacket, stuffed it beneath my seat

"What the hell was that?" Jonah asked

"Dragon," Catcher said "Shethat," Mallory snapped, lifting her head froons aren’t real"