62. Unexpected Guests

“Ok how do we do this?” I ask while cradling Gunnar and Roan who rest in the sling around my torso. I stare up at the giant gold and black dragon in front of me.

“Follow me up, stay between his shoulders so you don’t fall,” Rhys instructs while showing us how to climb up Draig’s stretched out front leg, giving us an easy way up.

“If you need to hold onto his spines, hold onto the ones in the middle when he starts flying; it’s easy, you won’t fall if you sit still,” Rhys shows us to the middle of Draig’s back, to his shoulder blades between his wings where the spines start that run along his entire length of his spine.

“Careful, his scales are sharp if you rub them the wrong way,” Rhys warns, as I look down at the beautiful black scales that are tipped with gold. “Thank you, Rhys, this is new for all of us.” I lean against one of Draig’s center spines, as Eya and Ryder sit beside me with Anarchy and Aiden cradled in their arms.

“Gideon is set to lead the rest of our warriors home, with