The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

by Rick Riordan

Beckendorf, whose legs were now working fine (nothing like being chased by a huge monster to get your body back in order) shook his head and gasped for breath.

The dragon reached us and lurched to a stop. It tilted its head like it couldn’t believe we’d be so foolish as to fight. Now that it had caught us, there were so many different ways it could kill us it probably couldn’t decide.