章 60: Princess

It was the size of two horses stacked on top of each other, and its proportions were much closer to those of dragons as they were depicted in art: slender limbs, long tail, a crest-like ridge that ran along its spine. Its wings, though, were different—instead of the five "fingers" forming a wing, only two did—the rest created a long-clawed palm at the second joint. They didn't look like they could carry the creature into the sky.

And there was intelligence shining in its flat, lizard eyes.

In every other account, this creature was a swamp dragon through and through. The increase in sight only made it uglier. The texture of its scales, which reminded Cael of a mud-covered tree, weird growths all over, and the inescapable stink of a swamp.