Chapter 17

The gentle sun was bathing my face in warmth the next morning as I awoke and found myself staring up at the same image from yesterday. A gorgeous dragon was above my head, poised and ready to roar or breathe fire. I tried to make out the symbols that circled it as I slowly sat up in the bed.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Tohr's voice came to me.

I wasn't surprised, having fallen asleep with him in my room last night. He had been kind enough to keep me covered. But I really should have known there was no way he would have left me alone.

"Yes, it's very beautiful," I arranged the blanket under my arms so there was no chance it would fall.

My face flushed, realizing he had seen me completely naked last night when I was distraught.

I looked back to the runes again to get the attention off me. The weirdest thing about the runes was that I could almost recognize them. They were tickling the inside of my brain, yet I couldn't figure out exactly where I knew them from.

"We are the 'fyre'," he tr