Chapter 19. Lesson.

Emma returned alone to the tower, but the enthusiasm from before didn't leave with her. Only some strange premonition filling her heart combined with anxiety and fear. If the man, the dragon, was charmed by such fragrance from the start, then all of his gentlenesses, his sweet words, and care were all lies, all of it was an illusion.

"Emma?"

He came back in a rush after he didn't see her in the library. The other maids and servants hadn't seen her leave too, but she left a note on the table to stop him from getting worried.

However, the moment he arrived he found her in bed with her arms holding her legs.

"Why didn't you wait for me?" he reached and pull her into a warm hug. "Emma, what is wrong?"

The warmth he gave her only provoked a more sadness delving into her heart. He made her face look at him but what he saw stunned him.

"Emma," her tears were rolling down her face, "what happened? Are you hurt?"

She saw his desperation and the care in his face. The frow