Do I take her to the dragon clan? No, they would kill her there. Do I return to the palace then? No, they would kill me there.
These were the thoughts accompanying Gwax as he circled the sky. This was so much trouble in one day. Maybe he really had been the wrong man for the mission.
Gwax landed in a forest miles away from the palace. Not for once had he stopped to look back. He was so far from the palace.
Gae had not made any movement since he had taken her and truthfully, his refusal to land was not only because he was lost on where to go, he didn't want to find that she was dead but he couldn't keep flying. His dragon was exhausted. He could have gone further if the arrow was not weakening.
He set Gae on the floor and realized he should have set her down before now. The s***h on her
