The closer Lissana got to the Vaizel mountains, the more drawn she felt to that place, as if something was calling her, a call she couldn't ignore. She knew her mother, her father, and her aunt Maya would go crazy when they found out she had left, but something inside her told her she had to go there, to those mountains she didn't even know the location of, yet an unseen force seemed to guide her there. Lissana didn't stop all night, wanting to reach that place as soon as possible. That's why she took the dragon instead of her winged horse, as it was more resilient and would require fewer stops to rest. The next morning, she stopped near a lake so her dragon could rest a bit before setting off again. She stroked the dragon's snout and said, "I'm sorry, you must be very tired." The drag

