She was too late.
Milo had landed the transport in the valley, but the hike up the side of the volcano had taken too long. Kayda had arrived in time to see Cam teetering on the edge, a pair of dragons in the air overhead.
Before she could warn him to run, something exploded! The momentum took him over the edge of the volcano.
"No!" she screamed.
And it was as if she yelled with more than a voice. The sound, the thought, the devastating emotion of it blew outward in a cold frost, rimming the ground around her, misting her breath.
It sent small wheeling bodies scurrying for the heat. All except for one. A single dragon pierced the icy mist falling into the volcano, a big shadow arrowing for Cam.
Was this where Cam's prediction the dragon would eat him came true? The trembling fear and sadness in her only served to chill her further, and her lashes frosted as she fluttered them shut so she didn't have to watch.