Sarah Kimball

The Untamed

Chapter 1 There weren't always dragons in the Valley. At least that’s what they would like for you to think, my mother would say, crouched over her cauldron as she stirred. The dragons had always been there, all that had changed was that humanity could now see them. I stood at the edge of the wood, careful to stay out of sight as I watched the city’s occupants as they threw their belongings on carts, fleeing the city. Would they make it out of the valley in time? Would their desperate flight prevent the inevitable? Gripping my basket of herbs, my knuckles were white in anticipation. I’d never seen a real dragon before.