Excerpt From Fates

Little excerpt from Fates, Part IV of I Bring the Fire.

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There is another deep reverberating chuckle, and the dragon rumbles. “And I would love to see your scapula, too.” Its accent is unmistakably Queens English, and for an odd moment Bohdi thinks the creature’s interest might be as clinical as Amy’s. And then the dragon licks its lips, pushes its snout closer, and its eyes shimmer.

Beside him, Bohdi hears Amy swallow. “I feel I should warn you,” she says, “that humans are very dirty disease-ridden animals and some carnivores develop chronic and sometimes fatal conditions after devouring our flesh.”

The dragon’s head whips back and it roars.

It takes Bohdi a moment to realize it’s laughing.