Dragon White
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Suddenly, Tân sat up straight and stared intently through the narrow slit window of his dungeon. His wings quivered and a long, low growl rippled through his body.
‘What is it, Tân?’ Harri followed the dragon’s gaze. Someone was darting about, down by the entrance gates to the castle — someone who was trying not to be recognised by the security cameras, someone with a hood up and a scarf covering half their face.
It wasn’t much of a disguise — Harri recognised Ryan’s dad instantly by his jacket and the way he moved.
Ryan’s dad was stapling a poster to the entrance sign. The poster was mostly black decorated with a white dragon and white lettering that said:
Free the Dragon.
Ryan’s dad stood defiantly before the tower. Harri wasn’t sure if he could see them through the tiny window, but he felt the anger and frustration coming at him like a laser beam.
Harri had never wanted Ryan’s dad as an enemy. They shared something that no one else could ever understand, the secret bond between a dragon and its master. Harri knew that Ryan’s dad would never give up until his dragon was free.
The words of the poster went round and round inside his head, stirring him up like a virus.
Free the Dragon.
Free Tân!
‘I’ll never give up,’ Harri whispered in Tân’s ear. Tân tilted his head. His huge yellow eyes fixed him with a look of purpose and hope. ‘I’ll never give up until we are free!’
Can Harri save Tân?
Find out soon in their next adventure, Dragon Red, by Shoo Rayner
For Dragon Lovers Everywhere
First published in 2015
by Firefly Press
25 Gabalfa Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, CF14 2JJ
www.fireflypress.co.uk
Text and illustrations © Shoo Rayner 2015
Shoo Rayner asserts his moral right to be identified as author and illustrator in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act, 1988.
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All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library.
Print ISBN: 9781910080306
Epub ISBN: 9781910080313
This book has been published with the support of the Welsh Books Council.
Cover design by liz@madappledesigns.co.uk