WHEN THE FIRST PLANE landed, Layla had felt a surge of relief until Drake informed her there was a second plane trip still ahead of them. It was shorter, only a jump from New York to Nebraska. But after the second plane landed in Nebraska, Layla found that she kind of missed the plane and the great heights that it allowed her to reach without her dragon form. Still, she was anxiously excited to see the American dragon’s home. It kept her mind from trying to return to Snowdonia and all the people she would miss.
Outside, the parking lot radiated heat in the summer sun. She watched as the dragons around her rotated their shoulders and glanced at one another with expectant smiles. She looked around, trying to figure out what was going on as they reached the edge of the parking lot. They were
