Cruel Red Dragons (TOME 5 of the TIAMAT'S WARS SERIE)

THE KING'S CASTLE

I fly over the castle with the pages on my back on a saddle and I avoid the arrows, there are plenty of them, but it's like throwing toothpicks at me, they fall back miserably.I try to get past the ballistas and I spin without attacking and I try to get above the castle courtyard.It's not easy. The tiles slip and the spears bounce but I'm mostly afraid for the kids who cry and then a soldier says, he has something on his back, children!What a monster to keep children hostage to attack. He is worse than Ignar!Then I dropped a stone with a skin wrapped around it and a ring attached to the skin.I spun around and one of the officers said stop shooting!This is the ring of the prince. Call the king!The king saw the dragon flying and was afraid!BUT WHY AREN'T YOU SHOOTING?There is a message from the prince:I AM ALIVEDO NOT SHOOT.I landed but got my legs caught in a net and was pulled down.I crash landed in the castle courtyard and guards jumped on me to kill me. I opened my mouth to speak but I didn't have time as a big bald man in armor swung his sword and knocked me down with a critical blow and then saw the children tied to the saddle and took them in his arms.The children shouted, DO NOT KILL THE DRAGONSHE IS OUR FRIEND, SHE SAVED US!I woke up in a dark cave with no light and a huge Chain attached to the wall connected to my neck with a huge collar with spikes on the inside.There was straw, bars and a basin of water.I groaned: IIIII IIIII IIII and a door opened above the stairs that went down to where I was