We’d already formed a rough plan, but Queen Catalina wasn’t going for it. “Mother, we have to,” Ileana said as she cautiously approached the dragons. Fafnir took no immediate notice, but Custard’s ears perked up as she raised her slender yellow head to fix her eyes on the princess. I really hoped...
At first I thought another bubble had risen up to carry me to the surface for one final, taunting breath before plunging me back under the muck. But I didn’t go back under. I rose up and up and up. I stared wide eyed at Jez and Cappy, who were also rising out of the marsh. In seconds, we were flo...