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kin.”
    “Do not be hasty in your answer. I give
you a week’s time. Think on it. Your people will heal physically,
but they will have scars emotionally. And those scars will seek
revenge. The dragons can help you obtain it.”
    Phillip stood up and extended his hand,
“I will think on it. That is all I can do.”
    Stephan returned the hand shake, “We
will be a free people once his reign has ended.”
    “But many will perish.”
    “Yes, and many more will live in
peace.”
    Phillip sighed and gestured into the
forest. Several mangy looking men and women slithered from behind
bushes and leapt down from the treetops. Stephan hadn’t even
realized they were perched above him. He was slightly startled but
at the same time excited. The wolves would make a valuable
ally.
    The abused wolves were carried off one
by one. Stephan was annoyed to watch Lydia go because he yearned
for answers. But if the wolves became allies with the dragons, then
he would be able to question Lydia for all she was worth. The
serving girl would have answers that only the King would
know.
    Gossip inside the Keep was a plague,
and no secret was ever kept.

Chapter 5

    Tania swallowed so loudly
she nearly choked on her guilt as Aristo peered deeply into her
eyes. He could smell Patryck. She knew he could. And she would have
to be honest. She had wanted to ignore her mistake…mistake? She
couldn’t decide whether or not having an affair with Patryck had been a mistake. In
fact, she wanted to kiss him again.
    She was very confused and her heart was
torn.
    Patryck flapped his wings but stopped
mid-air. His wings wobbled for the slightest of moments before they
completely stilled. They were no longer gliding or flying. They
took a nose-dive at break-neck speeds, hurtling toward the earth.
Patryck could obviously no longer fly. He had spent his energy and
he needed to land. Unfortunately, he did not have the willpower to
land properly. It would be rough.
    Tania wrapped her arms around Aristo’s
neck in a death grip and squeezed her eyes shut. Her heart hammered
away at her chest and her muscles went rigid. Wind pelted her like
rushing water. Aristo’s biceps bulged as they held her tight. He
kept repeating, “It will be alright, Tania”. But she didn’t think
it would. Her body jiggled under the pressure of the sky as she and
her dragons sped toward the earth.
    “Hold tight!” Aristo commanded, as if
she needed to be told.
    Leaves and branches smacked her,
ripping her skin. She hissed in pain but continued squeezing
Aristo. She would not let go.
    A loud thud followed by an even loader
whine sent Aristo and Tania flying into green, thorny bushes. Tania
screamed in agony as her head smashed hard into a boulder. Her
vision was blurry for a few moments before she regained her
bearings. Her body was one big hurt. Her muscles ached from
squeezing so hard, her skin was ragged, and now her chest hurt to
breathe. She must have also slammed her sternum into a thick branch
of the bushes.
    She held her chest and tried her
hardest to breathe. Small, short breaths came and after a time, she
could breathe steadily. She fumbled through the bush, allowing the
thorns to tear at her sides and feet before she reached something
of a clearing. Patryck was still in water dragon form but he wasn’t
moving. Liquid seemed to leak from everywhere. Tania ran toward him
and placed the side of her face close to his mouth. He was still
breathing. She kissed his wet cheek, thankful he was
alive.
    The crash had left trees torn in half,
smaller bushes were uprooted, and a large ditch where Patryck had
skidded to a stop looked like a scar in the ground. Several leaves
floated in the air, dislodged from the branches. The leaves were so
many it looked like green rain. Tania swatted the dust out of her
eyes and searched for Aristo.
    No sooner than her gaze met the bush
she had landed on, Aristo marched out cursing. He pulled several
thorns from his forearms, chest, and more delicate