Chapter Thirty-Nine
Daniel opened his eyes. The dragon stared back at him. Its eyes blinked. They were large, yellow with black marks, with red blazing around the iris. The pupils were slits, like that of a cat. They were beautiful.
There was something else to the eyes. Emotion. The dragon’s eyes watered then clenched shut. Tears fell down the dragon’s face.
“Are you all right?” Daniel asked.
The dragon blinked at him. It couldn’t understand.
Daniel grabbed his pager translation device from his belt and held the button.
“Hurt?” Daniel said into the device.
The dragon’s head raised and tilted as it studied Daniel and the device he held. Its neck outstretched and sniffed the small device. A front leg moved to its side, revealing a gash on the bottom side of its leg. Daniel could see t
