The shadows swallowed him up, black against black, and he kept his wings folded to hide the glittering spray of silver scales underneath. “And meet me afterward at your sleeping cave.” Deathbringer headed straight for the council chamber, giving himself time to avoid any guards that might be posted. “Be as stealthy as you can,” Quickstrike said before turning away. Besides, what else was he going to do: disobey her? Not likely not ever. Quickstrike always had bigger reasons behind her orders, even when they seemed mysterious. And possibly this was a test that the queen actually knew about. Maybe she’d be there, hidden and listening, but maybe not. No one had seen Queen Battlewinner herself since she’d abruptly disappeared from public view several months before. On the other talon, Greatness wasn’t really the queen she was the queen’s daughter and her mouthpiece. It rather confused his idea of who was in charge of him. “I’ll be meeting with Greatness in an hour in the council chamber, and I want you to sneak in and listen, if you can.” He wasn’t quite sure how to feel about this order. “Our queen?” “If she’s there,” Quickstrike answered. “You want me to spy on the queen?” Deathbringer tilted his head at Quickstrike, the dragon who had taught him everything he knew. But his new assignment was a bit … confusing. That, plus loyalty to the tribe and how to keep a secret. But that was his assignment, and so of course he did it, as cleanly and quickly as he could.) Obedience to your elders: the most important thing a young NightWing had to learn. And why make a four-year-old dragonet kill him? There were plenty of NightWing guards who would have been happy to take that order instead.

Such as: Why did anyone bring a mud dragon to the secret night dragon home in the first place? Of course he would have to die no one could know where they lived.

He’d wanted to ask questions about the prisoner. Read this scroll, sweep this cave, catch that exact fish, kill that misbehaving prisoner - whatever it was, he did it, no questions asked. Note: This story is set approximately two years before the brightest night when the prophecy dragonets hatch.ĭeathbringer was a dragonet who followed orders.

TITLE PAGE ASSASSIN EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT FROM WINGS OF FIRE BOOK EIGHT: ESCAPING PERIL ALSO AVAILABLE COPYRIGHT

Wings of fire pdf