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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. - ONE -
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  5. - THREE -
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  7. - FIVE -
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  10. - EIGHT -
  11. - NINE -
  12. - TEN -
  13. - ELEVEN -
  14. - TWELVE -
  15. - THIRTEEN -
  16. - FOURTEEN -
  17. - FIFTEEN -
  18. - SIXTEEN -
  19. - SEVENTEEN -
  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
  23. - TWENTY-ONE -
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  27. - TWENTY-FIVE -
  28. - TWENTY-SIX -
  29. - TWENTY-SEVEN -
  30. - TWENTY-EIGHT -
  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  39. - THIRTY-SEVEN -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The dragon leaped off of the building, sending Fort’s stomach dropping, and they emerged in the middle of Chicago, where it was even darker than in New York. The lights below were almost peaceful in the silence of the night sky, though Fort wished he were seeing it from anywhere but a dragon’s hand, especially one that was going to wipe out humanity if it didn’t find its last remaining offspring.

“FARTHER,” the dragon said, and Fort opened another portal.

They emerged below the St. Louis Gateway Arch this time, and Fort hoped that wherever this last dragon was, it’d be near a landmark that he’d seen at least once. “FARTHER,” the dragon repeated, and Fort jumped them again, this time into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

Wait, why hadn’t he thought of this before? He’d seen pictures of national parks, mountains, lakes, all kinds of things that wouldn’t have many humans nearby. If the dragon was around one of these spots, Fort could surprise it, have it fly straight for another teleportation circle, and send it back into the cavern before it could realize what he’d done. It’d be hugely dangerous, but might be the only way to—

“NO,” the dragon said. “I SENSE IT NEAR MORE HUMANS. A LARGE AMOUNT OF YOUR KIND. BRING ME FARTHER AWAY FROM THE SUN, TO A LARGE GATHERING OF HUMANS.”

Fort sighed. A large gathering of humans meant a big city, which only put more people in danger. But what else could he do? He hadn’t figured out a way to get the dragon back to the portal, and there was no way he was going to stop until he did. None of these innocent people deserved whatever the Old One might put them through when he didn’t find his offspring. Not when he wouldn’t even be here if Fort hadn’t gone looking for his father.

But for now, all he could do was take the dragon where it wanted to go and hope he came up with an idea in the meantime.

“Let’s try another city, then,” Fort said, and opened a teleportation circle to the first place he could think of that matched the dragon’s description.

The lights from the Hollywood sign illuminated the landmark enough to see it, even through the portal, and before Fort could take a breath they soared through it, emerging into the sky above Los Angeles.

- THIRTY-SEVEN -

THE LIGHTS OF L.A. SPREAD out below him, extending in every direction except for the hill directly below with the Hollywood sign. Fort let the dragon fly for a moment, concentrating on where to position his teleportation circle back in the cavern.