The Lakeraan
There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. But anyone who expected the world never to change was simply not paying attention. “You’ve got to keep looking ahead,” Tali’s father used to say, “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.” She thought that she’d kept to that credo pretty well, but right now, as she gazed at the ruined barn and piles of sheep bones, she knew that she was in no way prepared for this.
