WREN Book Three Prince of Dragons

The light of a soul

"We need to regroup. That witch played us!" Shea hissed.

"We need to find Quinn's body." I insisted.

"What? Where's Po?" Shea blinked at me.

I explained what I saw, what I had done. Shea laid a heavy hand on my shoulder.

"We will find her!" he vowed.

I saw him turn his head. The smaller rodents! They couldn't do a lot against the witch, but they could find Quinn! I gripped Shea's wrist to tell him this.

"Already on it." He assured me.

"So what about us? How did you even get up here?" I demanded.

"You were going insane! You thought I was just going to let that happen?" Shea glared at me.

"But the fire..." I gasped as the smell of slightly burnt flesh finally registered with me.

"DAD!" I yelled at him.

Quickly I checked over his body. His gear was burnt in small places. His skin had some spots of dimpled burning as well. Even his hair was singed, which is the worst smell ever.

"It seems, you knew I was coming, even before I struck you." Shea smirked.

"I dodged the worst of it. Don't worry." He ruffled my hair.

"So, what do we do, now that we are the parents of the most powerful dragon ever to exist?" Greyson asked.

"We don't tell him, that he is that powerful!" Shea chuckled.

"You get your asses back into this fight!" we looked up.

The only reason we had been given the reprieve we had, was due to what loomed around us. The smoke dragon hovered near the edge of the mound of dirt. Somehow Wics was on the very edge, with Dyami still on his back. Tempest, Tanwen and Zia were above us. Zelzada was glaring at us fiercely.

"We have weakened the witch, but we don't know where she is hiding." I said.

"We need to destroy the real tree. She is still getting power from that." Dyami called.

"We need to find the baby." Ammedidon insisted. Neffy was neck and neck with Valkyrie. Both riders nodded emphatically.

"OK, game plan?" I asked.

"Lets send the shifters to sniff out the tree." Shea offered.

"That could be dangerous. It may be buried in the castle. I'm sure it is the source of the rot there." I told them my findings. Shea agreed.

"Stay close, above us. You can be our back up." He commanded.

"Neffy, Cordgi, Ammedidon and Valkyrie should look for the baby. It may not be where the witch is." Greyson offered rubbing at his chin.

"I would like to go with them as well." Yuri offered.

"It will take you out of the fight." I looked her over.

"I'm sorry for your loss. Azella was a fine dragon." I offered her my condolences.

"She was." Yuri smiled weekly. She squeezed her hands tightly.

"But my battle isn't over just yet. Thank you for allowing me to borrow your queen." She bowed her head to me.

"Sure, but uh..." I paused.

"After this war is over, the ice dragons will have a new king. Tanwen is the reining queen of the dragons. You are her Nuare." Yuri informed me.

"Yeah, but what about Vangah?" Ammedidon asked.