Chapter Thirteen Six months later: Wynter cursed under her breath, gripped Pow-pow tightly with her legs, and held onto his spinal plate as they plunged through a thick forest in yet another world. Behind them, Ceto’s mercenary guards pursued her. Pow-pow released a powerful burst of stone spikes from his mouth. The spikes shattered the trunk of a massive tree. The stone dragon passed under the tree as it fell. A loud explosion behind them told Wynter that one of the mercenaries had been stopped. Two more to go, Pow-pow said, swerving when a blast swept too close for comfort. They broke through the edge of the forest over a steep cliff. This world was filled with reptiles twice the size of Pow-pow. Some were herbivores, but some were absolutely omnivores or carnivores. Being out in the

