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“You dragons really enjoy this scorching heat, huh?” Henry remarked.
I glanced over my shoulder and smiled slightly. We had finally arrived in the South and were making our way toward Mefan’s kingdom in The Red Desert. Out here, there was no real escape from the sun, and the air was so dry that it made your throat feel like sandpaper, making it hard to swallow.
“Mefan isn’t a dragon,” I replied.
“What is he, then?” Carter inquired.
I shrugged. I wished I knew. Truly, I did, but Mefan was a mystery in so many ways.
“So, we don’t actually know what we’re meeting?” Henry inquired.
“Not really, no.”
“Great…”
“I’ve met Mefan before,” I mentioned. “And as long as he doesn’t decide to keep us as any of his ‘toys’, I think we’ll be okay.”
“Toys?” Carter echoed, a hint of concer
