CHAPTER FIVE Second in Command *MAGELLAN*RUNNING FEET POUNDED the path behind Magellan just as he reached the entrance to the Saffron tunnels. He broke into a trot. He wanted to get deep into the tunnels before whoever was yelling his name caught up.
“Magellan!”
Finally, he recognized Saffy’s voice.
He didn’t feel like hearing about Saffy’s Thinking for Thursday meeting tonight. It was usually interesting, but he had too much on his mind already.
Like how to get out of a life sentence of multiplication tutoring in the Magenta Kingdom.
“Wait UP!” she shouted. “I have to talk to you.”
Magellan didn’t want to talk to anyone, but if Saffy followed him into the old castle defense tunnels, he couldn’t lose her in here.
He’d only have to rescue her again. He needed back-up. He stuck two fi
