CHAPTER FOURTEEN Thor held tight to Lycoples’s neck, gripping his rough scales as they soared through the air, exhilarated to be riding on the back of a dragon again. They tore through the air at full speed, the clouds whipping Thor in the face, as they raced for the pack of gargoyles on the horizon carrying Guwayne. Thor burned with determined to retrieve his son, so close now, finally, urging Lycoples on to ever greater speeds. “Faster!” Thor prodded. Lycoples flapped her wings again and again, lowering her head, equally determined to save Thor’s son. Thor felt elated to be riding with Mycoples and Ralibar’s offspring—it made him feel as if he were back with Mycoples again. He had missed her terribly every day since she’d died, and riding with her offspring made him feel restored. Th