you’ll have a choice of what you want to do.’
‘I’ve a feeling I won’t be able to wriggle out of the tarian.’ The commander’s gloomy voice summed up the whole team’s thoughts.
‘Whingeing won’t help you,’ Noah said, looking up from his medicines. ‘Besides, it’s better to have a choice and focus on what’s really necessary, rather than what you’ve got yourself into.’
‘You’ll finally show us your steed,’ Zane chimed in. Clearly, the subject of mounts wasn’t being raised for the first time. ‘And you, Draco? What do you ride?’
‘I wouldn’t call it riding, but I’m trying,’ a wry smile crept across the dragon’s lips.
‘And what do you ride?’ Even Cedric stopped and looked at the reptile.
‘You’ll see,’ he replied, disappearing behind an open wardrobe.
