Chapter Fifteen

13 3 2
                                    


SCORCH

He froze, realizing the house was on fire! Could it be Scopians? Heatlings? Mother and father were nowhere in sight. The licking crimson flames consumed everything, making it impossible to see.

Without thinking, he broke into a run, running out and away without stopping. He didn't dare look back. His barbed tail twitched, switching from tucking in resting position and rising up, ready to attack anyone chasing him.

But why would anyone be after him? He wasn't anyone special, he was just Scorch, a regular Scorpian and son of blacksmiths. But his parents just...vanished. So here he was, running in the desert with no means of where he was going. There were no places he knew to go to, nor anyone. So...he was on his own.

He squinted his golden eyes, which were outlined with black to cancel out the sun's glare, there was nothing in sight. Scorch gritted his teeth, where in this dry hell were his parents? When he felt like it was safe enough to look over his shoulder, there was a little smoke in the distance, where his house once was.

A yell escaped his throat.

Breaking the Ice (Book 1)Wo Geschichten leben. Entdecke jetzt