Read Wings of Fire Book Three: The Hidden Kingdom Online
Authors: Tui T. Sutherland
Wings of Fire Book Three: The Hidden Kingdom (2 page)
Description
: blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow-in-the-dark stripes on their tails/snouts/underbellies
Abilities
: can breathe underwater, see in the dark, create huge waves with one splash of their powerful tails; excellent swimmers
Queen
: Queen Coral
Alliances
: currently allied with Blister in the great war
Description
: silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice; ridged claws to grip the ice; forked blue tongues; tailsnarrow to a whip-thin end
Abilities
: can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light, exhale a deadly freezing breath
Queen
: Queen Glacier
Alliances
: currently allied with Blaze and most of the SandWings in the great war
Description
: scales constantly shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails
Abilities
: can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings, use their prehensile tails for climbing; no known natural weapons
Queen
: Queen Dazzling
Alliances
: not involved in the great war
Description
: purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales on the underside of their wings, like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues
Abilities
: can breathe fire, disappear into dark shadows, read minds, foretell the future
Queen
: a closely guarded secret
Alliances
: too mysterious and powerful to be part of the war
When the war has lasted twenty years . . .
the dragonets will come.
When the land is soaked in blood and tears . . .
the dragonets will come.
Find the SeaWing egg of deepest blue.
Wings of night shall come to you.
The largest egg in mountain high
will give to you the wings of sky.
For wings of earth, search through the mud
for an egg the color of dragon blood.
And hidden alone from the rival queens,
the SandWing egg awaits unseen.
Of three queens who blister and blaze and burn,
two shall die and one shall learn
if she bows to a fate that is stronger and higher,
she’ll have the power of wings of fire.
Five eggs to hatch on brightest night,
five dragons born to end the fight.
Darkness will rise to bring the light.
The dragonets are coming. . . .
The five dragonets were fighting. Again.
Bright scales in green and red and gold caught the rising sun as the young dragons darted between the rocks, claws and teeth flashing. Five forked tongues hissed with fury. Beyond them, below the cliff, the sea crashed against the sand with a muffled rushing sound, as if it didn’t want to compete with the shouts of the dragons.
It was embarrassing, was what it was. Nautilus glanced up uneasily at the massive black dragon beside him. The dragonets were so busy yelling at one another that they hadn’t even noticed him yet. Nautilus wished he could read Morrowseer’s mind the way Morrowseer was undoubtedly reading his.