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Back The Last Dragon
Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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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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  26. - TWENTY-FOUR -
  27. - TWENTY-FIVE -
  28. - TWENTY-SIX -
  29. - TWENTY-SEVEN -
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  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Okay, so he couldn’t open a portal yet, or go rescue his father. But teleporting would probably still prove pretty useful in the monsters’ dimension, so the time he spent mastering it wouldn’t be a complete waste.

And, well, if he had to go visit some of the biggest landmarks around the world in the process, who could blame him?

Something creaked out in the hallway, and Fort immediately froze, not sure if someone was coming, or if the facility was just settling. Looking around, he realized what it would look like if a guard came in: He was standing in the middle of a smoky-smelling kitchen, holding a book of magic he’d stolen from the headmaster. That might not go over so well.

Fort quickly hid behind one of the counters, just in case someone barged in to expel him, but the hallways went silent now, and no one emerged. Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves, he stood back up and shut off the fans, hoping they’d done enough of a job to pass a quick inspection, and then turned off the lights. He went to leave the kitchen to find a safer spot to practice teleportation, only to stop. Was there a safer spot anywhere at the Oppenheimer School?

He couldn’t open teleportation circles in his room, not with his intense new roommate around at all times. And there were cameras basically everywhere else. At least the kitchen was out of the way, and there shouldn’t be a reason for anyone to come to the unfinished areas of the facility at this time of night. Besides, Cyrus had said it would be safe for them to destroy the books there, so hopefully that applied for a few more hours.

Fort flipped the lights back on, still worried about staying, but what choice did he have? Not to mention he now had a bigger problem. He’d been so focused on just getting the book and then immediately portaling off to find his father that he hadn’t considered where he could hide the book of Summoning if he needed to.

The kitchen definitely wasn’t secure enough. If nothing else, Rachel knew about it, and as angry as she was right now, he didn’t want to tempt fate by letting her get another crack at burning it. And his room wasn’t any safer, not with one bureau and a nightstand. Gabriel would find it for sure.

The problem was the book’s size: It was just too big to hide easily. The only place it might fit would be under his bed, and that just seemed like the most obvious spot in the world. And considering they hadn’t switched the two books of magic with their fakes, it wouldn’t be long before Colonel Charles or Dr. Opps came around looking for them.