Chapter 6 (2/2)

My pajamas, pillow, and blankets were all soaked in no tiy after I was satisfied and curled up inside the velvet quilts to sob quietly

Suddenly, I heard the sound of so the

I crawled out from under the blankets, hurriedly wiped my face, and tried to look calm as I peered out the

Fruys was tapping on the pane with his wings

I opened the , and the cold night air gently blew in

Fruys looked at

“I was about to go to bed when I noticed that the lights were still on here Also, there were sounds,” he explained

I reon’s senses were ht next door to me, and our balconies were connected He would naturally notice if I had the light on

I didn’t knohat to say However, there was no way I could say that I was crying fro Haider’s poetry

I could only lower ”

Fruys was silent

After some time, he asked me, “Do you want kno it feels like to fly?”

I looked up at him with astonishment

After spending alons were extreo on the notion that I’d be able to ride on his back for a quick flight

I think ave me away

Hurriedly draping on a cloak, I pushed the door to the balcony open and headed outside Fruys had flown so before bitinghis neck to place me on his back

I was couard and had a dizzy spell for a ot a hold of htly around his neck by instinct

Fruys brought us shooting straight into the skies with a loud roar—theclouds all seeht air was very cold, but I was too excited and ecstatic to mind

I could see a panora territories—the earth and the sky were vast, and I could even see the still Sea of Death Over there, on the other side of the sea, was Fruys’s hoer world over the horizon

My heart suddenly felt at peace and warer made me afraid All I needed was to followforward

One ant from victory nor lose heart from defeat

Fruys slowed down, and we drifted a the moon and the stars in silence

Only when I pressed flat on his back, shi+vering, did Fruys once again pick up speed We returned to the fortress very quickly

When I was back on the balcony, he drew his face close and nuzzled my neck

“You’re so cold” His voice like ice berry wine had a ting of annoyance I suddenly found ain and placed on his back before being carried into his room He used his claws to brush me off and envelope me in the embrace of his belly

Curled up against his chest like that, I felt like some kind of small animal that rapped in the palm of his hand

However, the euphoria of experiencing hts, and I i the sensation of soaring over the sea of clouds

I think Fruys really is a great dragon

He was nothing like those dragons in the stories—those powerful, bad-tened over the skies like tyrants, those hu creatures who destroyed cities and laid waste to the land