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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  10. - EIGHT -
  11. - NINE -
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  13. - ELEVEN -
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  15. - THIRTEEN -
  16. - FOURTEEN -
  17. - FIFTEEN -
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  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
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  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The dragon barely seemed to hear him, busy staring at its egg, so Fort stepped through the teleportation circle, ready to tell Rachel how right she’d been all along.

Except Rachel wasn’t there. Neither was Gabriel. The portal still burned in the floor of the cavern, but otherwise, there was no sign of anyone.

“Uh-oh,” Fort said, only to be knocked out of the way by the dragon pushing through the portal behind him.

“WHAT TRANSPIRES?” the Old One said, turning his body to protect the egg. “WHY DO YOU PANIC?”

“Because my friends were here, guarding the portal,” Fort said. “And now they’re gone. Do you… sense any humans nearby?”

The Old One shook his head. “YOU ALONE, FOR MANY MILES AROUND.”

Oh no. “Come on,” Fort said, and moved to the portal.

But the Old One held back. “IF THERE IS DANGER, WE MUST SHIELD THE EGG. I CANNOT BRING IT INTO PERIL. YOU JUST SAID—”

“I know what I said!” Fort shouted. “But my friends could be in trouble! We have to go now!”

The dragon sighed, then slowly held out the egg, his hands shaking. “HIDE IT,” the Old One commanded. “USE YOUR SPACE MAGIC AND HIDE THE EGG SOMEWHERE SAFE UNTIL WE FIND YOUR FRIENDS. I… I OWE YOU THIS MUCH.”

Fort just stared at the creature for a moment, then nodded and took the egg, forgetting how heavy it was. He thought for a moment, then opened a circle and deposited the egg in the safest place he could think of, right on the bed in his old room at his aunt’s house. “Okay,” he said, closing the teleportation circle. “No one will get to it there.” Unless his aunt decided to use her rowing machine. But still, it was much safer than the school, for sure.

The dragon nodded, his face now downcast. But instead of waiting, he grabbed Fort around the waist and dove into the portal, spreading his wings at the last possible moment before they hit the Dracsi cavern floor.

As soon as Fort could breathe again, he looked around in the dimly lit room, expecting to see, well, something. Not Dracsi, not anymore. But the elf should have been here, at least.

The cavern was completely empty, though. “Where are they all?” Fort asked the dragon as the Old One set him down on the ground.

The creature hissed as it landed, and Fort backed away nervously, his hands in the air again. “THEY HAVE ARRIVED,” he said, sending a cold chill down Fort’s back.

“The Old Ones? They’re here now?”

“THOSE STILL ALIVE,” the dragon said. “KETAS, MY BROTHER IN MIND; Q’BAOS, MY SISTER IN SPIRIT; AND D’VALE, MY SISTER IN THE ELEMENTS.”