Chapter 10
Eggs'We'd better start to look for the eggs then.' growled Basalt, as they stood looking after the dragons and Thadora. Her screams had faded as the dragon entered the caves, but those who remained stood motionless for several seconds. 'You once said you could track orcs over bare rock, Fero, so you'd better make a start. I think there may be a need to make good your boast. We've not got much time.'
'Nor much of a plan, either.' Grimmaldo said. 'How are we to get the eggs from the orcs if there are more than the ones we saw?'
'Let's cross that bridge when we come to it,' replied Asphodel. 'We have to find the thieves first, then we can decide what to do.'
Fero searched the meadow around the cave entrance. Spotting something, he called out that he had found tracks, and they
