EpilogueTwo weeks later
Albus dragged his feet. They’d gone in a horse carriage, Albus had never gone in a horse carriage before, and they’d stopped in several cities along the way. Cities different from Edge. Cities without dragons, without a street with high towers.
Nithe, Ryu, Egil, and Liz had promised to look after the smithy until they decided what to do with it. He’d put a sturdier closed sign on the door and made sure everything was locked. No one would dare steal from Dragon Row, but he didn’t want people in his house when he wasn’t there. He already missed his pool.
Yesterday, they’d arrived in a small town where they’d rented a room at a bed-and-breakfast, and Zale had told him they’d walk the last few miles.
It was what they were doing now. Albus didn’t mind walking. The da
