“Well, I wouldn’t stake my life on that,” Bred said. But his sister wasn’t listening; she was too wrapped up in her dreams of glory to pay attention to the real world. After a moment of silence, Bred decided to leave her to her imaginings. He got up and left the Drawing Room, wondering whether he could find Vini and entice her down to the High Room.
***
The next morning the dragons began work on the exterior of the ship while Nezla, Luuj, and Johnathan continued repairing the insides. Bred and the rest of his people went to talk to the chief dragon again. But they were in for a disappointment when they asked to take one of the eggs from the hatchery.
“Absolutely not,” the dragon replied.
“Why not?” Tyla demanded. Her concept of Destiny would not allow itself to be derailed by so trivia
