Forty-Eight

“Is that all there is to it?” Gellert asked. He stepped forward, but Cadmus’s warning hiss sent him immediately retreating. “There’s more to it,” Jaron stood, walking past the dragons. “So, it seems,” Dak looked at the reptilian pair as they touched noses but didn’t dare go near them. “How did you know she was the Princess? Jaron?” Gellert moved forward, but Cadmus’s sharp hiss stopped him again. Ivy nervously snapped her jaw. She had come to know Gellert as her master’s friend. The old soldier looked at Dak, but he only shrugged. Dak counted himself lucky that he was on Ivy’s good side. He had no idea how to win over a second little dragon. Cadmus snuffed and scampered after Jaron. Ivy followed. “Maro cheng dulci rishona,” Alexis whispered, running her fingertips up and down Gam