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Now I’ to earn my keep, but it’s not where I want to be I’m not happy here They don’t likeforfor any excuse to kickthe reason the dragons are tense and on edge

I need to get out of here

I need to run away

If I can escape, if I can get far away, then they’ll be safe, and so will I I won’t go back to Lucky I can’t return to one: dead and buried I can start fresh, though I can start new I just need to et away

I can escape

I can be free

It’s thethe shelves for the dragons ork here I don’t get paid As the resident human everyone lov

es to hate, I kind of just take the odd jobs no one else really wants to do

When the door jingles, I realize I’ to have to leave the stockrooht now: it’s just ured I’d be able to handle so orders for half an hour

“Co of flour onto a shelf, wipe o to the front of the store

Then I stop dead in my tracks

It’s him

He’s here

My heart soars until I see the scowl that crosses his face as he recognizes me

“Oh,” he says “It’s you”

Chapter One