“Do you have the egg?”
The dragon’s voice boomed inside the cavern. Ruby’s heart pounded. She pulled the egg out of her satchel and laid it in the straw. “Where’s my son?”
The egg cracked. Ruby gasped and stepped back. No! She wouldn’t get Jared back if it hatched now!
Read Part 1 here.
Y'all wanted more of this story, so here you go! This was written for the #fiftyword challenge run by @jayna. This week's prompt was hatch. I hadn't planned on making this a continuation of Ruby's story, but this week's theme made it happen.
Egg image is under CC0 License from Public Domain Pictures. Texture is under a paid commercial license from pngtree.
