Yet danger stalks on every side,
For secrets kept cannot long hide.
The king now hunts with sharper eyes,
Suspicion rising as the dragon flies.
Skylar
After greeting each of the dragons and their riders, Ryuki joins me around the fire pit. Surprisingly, Cyryl joins us too.
‘Are you still hungry?’ I ask her.
‘I’m always hungry. I’m a growing dragon and a queen,’ she says, haughtily.
Ryuki begins laughing beside me. He twisted around to look at Bynjym, who is watching us.
“If it makes you feel any better, I call Bynjym a bottomless pit. If you think Queen Cyryl will outgrow the need to eat all the time, you’re mistaken,” he says.
‘Dragons are very active.’
‘We burn a lot of calories.’
‘We are very large animals.’
‘Some of us are still young.’
I get a barrage of dragon voices in
