“Cadmus, where did you go?”
Cadmus chirped.
‘He has been fishing,’ the female said with a nod.
“Fishing?”
‘Yes, he craved meat but was unwilling to leave your side while your safety was in question.’
“I wonder why he follows me,” Alexis knelt and petted the small dragon’s long neck. “I haven’t been a good person lately, but he stays at my side.”
‘He loves you just as he loved your mother. It is quite common for his kind to follow the line of his master’s blood from one generation to the next. What dragons such as he lack in size, they make up for in loyalty. Come.’
The female led them into the cave. Alexis found herself in a vast network of caverns. Very little light made it into the deeper passages. The only real light source was the dragon Alexis followed. Even in the dark, t
