Treasure Seeker

Not just a plot point!

I looked from the gun-sword to the corner of the cave. Maybe if I grabbed it quickly enough, I could-

"Don't." Her hiss echoed off the walls. That was the problem with female dragons; they were just too perceptive.

Well. She was protecting her eggs, after all. The globes were now much larger than her hand-sized body, glowing and throbbing with magic. Boy dragons, all three, by the size.

"I'll just be on my way out, then," I said. Step. Step. Thump.

Very sorry about the accidental gender change, EiC.

Hissssssssss. I forced my gaze up, up, and further up, knowing what I would see before the foot-long fangs filled my sight, hovering over my head. Drat. Daddy had come home.