I felt a twinge of fear deep in my abdomen–faint, far away, but clear and steady. Mila. “She’s far away,” I exclaimed, not even caring what I was saying out loud at this point. “I can feel it.” Joseph nodded once, then leaned in to whisper: “Prepare the dragons. I’ll cover the ground.” We stal
MILA The ground was cold and unwelcoming, and a frost had set in overnight. My eyes felt heavy, and my limbs felt weighed down by sandbags. I imagined this was what getting hit by a truck felt like. Every time I became alert enough to open my eyes and start moving, trying to find a way out of my
CHARLES As soon as Felix found out that Mila was missing, I took my dragon, Hades, and flew to the forest where she was being held. I knew that it wouldn’t be long until he figured out where she was, and I wanted to be ready. Mila was tied up and chained to a stump in the middle of a clearing in
MILA I was underwater. Floating, drifting, utterly weightless. Everything felt hazy. I couldn’t remember my name, who I was, or how I came to be here. Everything felt distant and quiet. It was almost peaceful. I was vaguely aware of a sound in the distance, someone shouting out over and over,
I tried one more time. “I just want the truth, Felix. I won’t be angry.” He shook his head. “No, Mila. I can’t talk to you about this. It will ruin us. You’ll never look at me the same way.” I touched his cheek with my fingertips, in an effort to soothe his distress. “Nothing could ever change m
MILA I stayed in the hospital for two more days. Every day, they tested my heart and my blood and checked the stitches on my stomach wound. It would apparently leave a nasty scar, but would fully heal in about a month. But between me and Felix… things were tense, to say the least. It was incre
MILA I never thought I would develop such intricate ties with the crown prince of Fresonia when I moved to this country. Fresonia is a beautiful European country nestled in between France and Germany, but I probably had the worst start when I arrived here. The day before I landed here, I still
MILA Why would he look for me? Mocking at myself inside, I shook my head in the taxi. On my way back to my motel room, I had formed a plan in my head. I needed to quickly take a shower and set off on a job search. I knew there was no going home–I had no money, no job, nothing. My adoptive pare