CHAPTER 30A shudder swept over Mara, as she stared at the dragon, backlit by a vaporous streetlight that hung over the elevated road that crossed above them. The silhouette, a pulsing giant gargoyle, much too large for its perch, darkened and then skewed each time headlights in the distance swept over it from behind.
Despite the sounds of nearby traffic, mature pines blocked most of the view of the northbound lanes of McLoughlin. That side of the highway might as well have been on another planet. The drone of rubber on wet pavement and the patter of rain continued in the background, just white noise that Mara didn’t hear because of the pounding of her heart.
The dragon swayed almost imperceptibly, its feet seeking better purchase on the concrete wall that bordered the overpass, like a cr
