Killian I smelled her the moment she entered the Academy grounds. The scent of a campfire on a cold winter’s night, one of my very favorite scents. I knew immediately that it was one of the three dragons I hadn’t met and because of her scent, I knew it was the fire dragon. We’d all been told that there was only one possible way to save these dragons. If any of us identified them as a mate, we were to try and claim them as their riders were dying, giving them a new reason to live. We all know it’s not a foolproof plan. The only one who has done this before is Ancalagon, but it’s worth a try if it saves these dragons. I’d just turned to find her when the earth had dropped out from underneath me. I shifted and began scrambling along with the other wolves who had been patrolling this side o

