Flix murred, “I’ll come with you, Arkain”. She smiled at him, her eyes twinkling. She liked a man of action, in a bed or elsewhere. “Maybe we can find some clues as to why this place is deserted” Alan said, not that he was sure he would like the answer. He had an awful feeling something really bad might have happened. “And if we’re going to get out of here, we’re going to need supplies – we can’t live on thin air.” He saw Lily was frightened, rolling herself up tight. “Hey Lily. I’m sure there must be a way – and if we work together we can find it.” He put his arm round her to comfort her, but his mind was filled with frightening images of that huge dragon. OK, it didn’t attack them that time, but what happened when it was finished with whatever it had taken from the ship. Worse still, what would happen if it got hungry?