Lo, Skylar named, of royal seed,
Born a crown of ruthless deed.
Her sire, Augustus, he is cold,
He hunts the eggs to find the gold.
Ryuki
‘You want to tell me what just happened?’ I ask Bynjym testily as we fly away from the woman who returned the egg to Ylys.
‘We got our queen back. I thought that was obvious,’ he says, just as testily.
I know my dragon understands what I’m asking. He’s always in my mind. The moment that woman said she could hear Ylys, I knew something was wrong. Ylys wasn’t acting like Bynjym did when we bonded. So, this woman, this dragon thief, can hear not just one dragon, but three dragons without being bonded to one? How is that possible?
‘She can hear all of us,’ Bynjym says softly, as if it will lessen the betrayal of knowing that someone else can hear t
