Chapter 31
Kat
This has got to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. Heat permeates the air as I get close to the volcano. I can still hear the roar of the fight. Otto and Damian are outnumbered. I shouldn’t have left them, but this is the challenge, and if I don’t attempt it, Lincoln will die.
I speed toward the top of the mountain, fighting the currents, the burning heat. Without warning, something grabs hold of my tail. I’m yanked backwards. I breathe fire at my attacker and charge forward the moment his teeth release me.
The volcano looms at an impossible height. The air thins, and it feels like I’m flying through mud, thick and heavy and hot.
The other dragon is trailing right behind me, and a second joins us, racing me to the top. This one is a beautiful red. Just as I reach the rim of the mountain, they open their mouth and scream.
The sound splits my ears and my consciousness. I can’t think, and for a moment, I fall backwards. But then I remember Lincoln. I’m doing this for Lincoln. There’s another reason, too. Something… no, someone, I can’t remember.
There’s a sharp, excruciating pinch of pain in my chest. My right wing goes numb. But I won’t let it end like this. With a final flap of my wings, I push myself just high enough to clear the edge of the volcano before I plummet into the lava.