The red space tear had spat the group in the air. Since two of them were still in their dragon forms, they caught almost everyone else. August had gone out first and was looking around the place… which was now radiating with sweltering heat.
In Roth's horror, the docile mountain had actually summoned tremors and lava in their absence. The surrounding vicinity was being evacuated, the small creatures and people of the autonomous villages running for their lives. He had Queenie and Dominic on his back, but he couldn't just watch these little things be left on their own.
"Princess, get them all back to the castle!" Roth tossed the two for Carina to catch with her clawed feet. The younger prince roared as if announcing his coming to the running islanders. He then breathed water on the edges of the raging lava as an attempt to build a wall to keep the lava off of the land. Once it flowed out into the rivers and the sea, the tragedy might be averted.
