26. Dragon dreams

Zared pov

I’m in an unfamiliar forest. It’s unnaturally silent, no birds singing, no squirrel nails scratching down the bark of a tree as they scuttle up and down, no woodpecker pecking holes. Nothing. Nothing except a low slow breathing sound. Paired with the unsettling feeling of being watched.

“Gunther?”

“I hear and feel it too.” Gunther sounds uneasy

Suddenly the smell of sulphur and burnt wood assaults my nose.

I freeze and hold my breath trying to pinpoint where the breathing sound comes from without giving our location away.

“If we shift we’ll be quieter and blend in better.” Gunther whispers, as if someone outside our head can hear him.

“The tearing of clothes would give us away.”

“It would if we were wearing any, dimwit.” Gunther points out.

I quickly glance down and see my naked body. Confusion hits me, why are we naked in an unfamiliar forest? What happened? Was there an attack and did I escape while shifted? Do I have amnesia?

“To know you have amnesia you would n