26. The Queens Call

(Vera)

The night sky was beautiful. The stars glittered and below the canopy of the sky, the palace grounds looked deserted. The massive Leurier tree was still smoking, its old glory destroyed to leave a charcoal of what it was once. Its proud leaves crumbled to ashes.

Dragons lived by the fire, freed by the fire, and most of the times, died by the fire. It was our life, surrounded by something that could give us life and take our lives. It was our destiny. There was liberation in the fire.

"I wish I am with him,” Nova said as she flapped her massive wings, gliding along the darkness.

Everything in me begged to stay there with Mateo, too, and the need was like a physical pain, but I needed to see Owen and had to be with my friends, too. Today, I needed to be there. Prince Mateo had so many guards and his own family to look after him. I needed to take care of my family.

Faye’s dragon flew next to me, her dark orang