The second course of the meal was a variety of sweet and spicy so that you could cycle between them and not get overwhelmed. But Lotus had served it with honey butter soaked cornbread muffins, which woke up the behemoths the moment that they entered the meal.
They were twenty metres away, asleep in another room with the door closed, and the smell still brought all the hatchlings running out of their nest to see what the trouble was.
Along with one irate little red dragon, who had actually been enjoying her nap in the pile of behemoths.
"Oh, you're hungry, are you? Here, try these. Pick the ones that smell best."
Lotus set out a bit of every dish that they were serving, along with the salad, and laughed as the dragon ignored everything but the honey glazed meat.
That was obviously the superior option in her mind.
But the others attacked the muffins with a ferocity that startled the other guests.
"Well, I think we found the favourite food of baby behemoths." Tessa laughed.
