Are you here, Scarlet-mom? Zavier paced the cliff side, smoke hissing from his nose as the panic rose inside him at an alarming rate. Where was she? He was sure this was where he’d left her when he went off to find his brothers and sisters and set them free. So where had she gone? Mother! he tried again, pawing the ground in agitation. Where are you? Answer me. Please! But there was nothing. He could feel the eyes of the others watching him skeptically. They hadn’t wanted to come here. They’d only wanted to seek revenge against the humans who had kept them in their cages. But Zavier had talked them into coming to the mountain, to meeting the one human who was worth saving—the dragon mother to them all. But now she was gone. Had something happened to her? Or… His mind skittered nervously. Had she betrayed them too? No.
