#Chapter 86 Battle Part 2

Xaden’s POV Zach and I were on our feet before our men broke through the clearing and ran towards us. Terror was clear on their incredibly pale faces. They ran at us at all their speed before they collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily. “There was a dragon,” Johnson gasped, pointing over his shoulder. To confirm his words, I watched as trees in the far-off distance lit on fire and flames erupted from the ground. I heard the croaking of a dragon and then its wings beating. I stared up at the sky to see a large red dragon swirling around the night sky, breathing fire and lighting up the world as if it were a sunny day. I felt the heat of the flames burning into my flesh and I had to squint from the brightness. “Shit,” Zach hissed through his teeth. He didn’t have to wake the others; the loud growling and croaking of the dragon, along with the heat of its flames, were enough to wake them. Warriors were scrambling out of tents holding their weapons firmly in their hands. Some wer