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hand roughly and led me through a stone door at the side of the keep. The door slammed behind us, the solid boo

p, however, because I was still suffering under his rough handling and he pulled me along faster than my much shorter legs could travel. Nobody was around to see him drag me up the stairs as I struggled, hitting and punching his back,

the skin you peel from the top of milk, but more solid. It was the same bright green as his hair, which I could see peeking out from below his horned helm.

foot off the ground. "Stop it." He growled, his eyes glowing as green as the torches. "I will not toler

to your keep." I'm screaming now, bits of spit landing on his helm. "You've made it quite c

s chest heaving as steam curled out from beneath his helmet, his words bright with inner f

The window was large enough for a grown man to stand in, which he proved when he ope

scales and wings twirled in the mists far below, flying within the cloud cover, over the valley, and out towards the sea. It looks like the dragon prince i

elegantly papered walls, and unlike the more simple torches in the under castle, these are inlaid with real gold and emeralds. The pillars are pure quartz crystal grown

ful, sharp, and cold. Shivering, I wrap m

made of glass. I continue to call out, "Hello?" but find only silence and the sound of gently falling water ahead of me. Wh

ng overhead in every imaginable color, their song muffled by the glass. Walking along the perimeter of the room, I look for a door. I move

e is no way that there isn't. It makes no se

source I see a small table set near the center of the room. As I move closer, the smell becomes stronger, the welcoming aroma of

t in the center of the room, surrounded by benches and pillows. The warmth of the fire eases my aches and pains as the food f

when I feel a

green-brown eyes smile down at me as he steps back, allowing me to find my way to a

H

out a hand to

k for the people of Crimson. He has the longest lashes I have ever seen which rest on his impressively sculpted cheekbones when he bl

my touch. His smile is so genuine and ki

e," he grins. "My name is L