i waited for around ten minutes , until i could spot the morning sun in the horizon , and then shouted out his name , but there was no response . i shouted three more times and then got worried that he may have slipped into the stream . i went in the direction of his bush . there was no fresh night soil , but i noticed that there was a circular hole in the ground next to the
bush

arianna could not think of a logical reason why lily would suddenly sever all contact with her ; unless something else had happened , something far more nefarious . the fine hairs on the back of her neck rose at once as awareness slithered up the length of her spine with serpentine deliberateness . she became convinced that something had happened to
lily

explain . '' '' every two years a group of dragons are chosen to hunt the serpent , '' rhamalli explained . '' it and its offspring live in the waters humans call the sea of koralis . '' '' i know absolutely nothing of this , '' breslin confessed . '' i did n't know dragons participated in any type of
hunt