The Pack's Dragon
“Only a fire dragon would insist on being abroad at this time of the day, instead of sleeping in the shade.”
“The sooner we finish here, the sooner we can return home,” she replied. “And I do not wish to miss the birth of Sekhara’s baby.”
“Nor do I,” he agreed. Dragons gave birth rarely, and this child would be the firstborn in centuries.
“Well, then,” she scooped her hand into the water and splashed him with it. “Now that you are done playing in the water, shall we be on?”
As they rounded the corner, Samuel paused, his hand scooping back the fabric of his robes and coming to rest on his sword and he slid his eyes to Ember who shadowed his pose. The scent of blood and death lingered on the a