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Chapters (62)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Total Confusion
  4. Abandoned
  5. Feeling It
  6. Intruders
  7. A Standoff
  8. Uncomfortable Lies
  9. A Strange Sight
  10. Testing the Dragons
  11. Having It Out
  12. Resolved
  13. Meeting of the Minds
  14. Coming to Terms
  15. Filling in Some Pieces
  16. Putting Things Together
  17. No One to Tell
  18. Another Story
  19. Just a Little Bit
  20. Moments of Normalcy
  21. Waiting in the Castle
  22. Time to Go
  23. The Summons
  24. Things Get Real
  25. They Meet Again
  26. Stressing Out
  27. Sound the Alarms
  28. A Perilous Step
  29. A Moment of Weakness
  30. A Major Wrinkle
  31. Regret
  32. On Tenterhooks
  33. A Trial Period
  34. Puzzling Developments
  35. News from a Friend
  36. On Equal Ground
  37. Overnight Journey
  38. Bombs Away
  39. A Giant Puzzle
  40. Making Big Plans
  41. In the Cavelands
  42. Sticks and Stones
  43. Ghostly Fog
  44. Changing Plans
  45. A Strange Turn
  46. More Than Too Much
  47. Grasping Blindly
  48. Brokenhearted
  49. Coming Together
  50. Confusion in the Cavelands
  51. Making Their Own Plans
  52. Making a Deal
  53. Scrambling
  54. On the Move
  55. Danger, Danger
  56. The Partnership
  57. In Rough Shape
  58. Pulling It Together
  59. Delirious
  60. At Last, a Moment
  61. Acknowledgments
  62. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thisbe’s eyes flared and sparked. She let out another roar, with fire this time. The dragon reared back as the flames touched his tender nostrils. He swung his neck around, then turned his massive body and let down a wing for Thisbe to climb up.

She boarded the dragon. As they lifted off the ground, Thisbe heard a whisper in her ears. I am with you.

Thisbe turned to look back at the palace. She couldn’t see Fifer and Dev, but she tapped her chest twice and sent the same words back to Fifer, hoping she wasn’t out of range. Then she faced forward, scrutinizing the path before her and wondering where this most risky choice would lead.

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The Summons

As Thisbe disappeared into the darkness on the dragon’s back, Fifer kept sending short mind messages to her, and Thisbe sent some in return. They came through fairly well at first. But the farther away Thisbe got, the more words were missing. When Thisbe sent “I can see the castle,” Fifer only heard “I… see… castle.” Usually Fifer could figure out the missing words and guess what Thisbe was saying. In this instance, she assumed Thisbe was saying “I can see the castle,” instead of “I cannot see the castle” because of all the other clues that went with it: Thisbe had left on a dragon after commanding him to take her to the castle. Dev and Fifer had watched as the dragon flew off in its direction. And they both knew that was where Thisbe intended to go. But what would happen when they no longer knew what Thisbe was doing?

It made Fifer uneasy. She stayed by the window as time ticked by, questioning the plan. Were they doing the right thing?

Long after the dragon was out of sight, Dev came up beside Fifer. “We should get some rest,” he said.

Fifer nodded. She sent another telepathic message to Thisbe, but this time she didn’t get a response. “I think she’s out of range.” Fifer sighed and turned away from the window. After finally having been so close with Thisbe again, Fifer was emptied out. She looked at Dev and felt a sudden surge of warmth and appreciation for him. “I’m really glad you’re here. I’d be very lonely without you.”