Vivienne slowly realized it too and for the first time, she looked at him like she understood something she had spent months refusing to accept.
She was no longer competing. The choice had already been made. And it wasn't her.
She left without another word.
The next morning, the army departed. Thousands of soldiers marched through Dragonspire's gates while dragons filled the sky above us.
The sight stole my breath and Ashwing landed beside me before we left.
His massive silver black form gleamed beneath the morning sunlight and the moment I touched his scales, warmth spread through my body.
Are you afraid?
The familiar voice echoed inside my mind so I smiled faintly.
"A little." I said.
Good.
"Good?" I asked.
Only fools feel nothing before war.
I couldn't argue with that.
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