Did that mean that I was cheating on my dead fiance?
I had looked at another male, and there was no denying that found him attractive. I wrinkled my nose.
“Are you alright?” Tynan asked, turning his head.
His dark eyes with gold and amber specks made me lose my train of thought.
“Yes.”
Without saying anything else, Tynan soared up in the sky. He lifted us up and immediately flew south. I kept looking back at the outlines of the abandoned city. A sudden jerk from the dragon startled me, I opened my mouth to ask what was wrong when a shadow from above covered my head. I looked up, and my heart stopped. Above us was the silhouette of the undead dragon. I could plainly see the colorless scales and the belly that had been ripped open.
“Hold on!” Tynan shouted and turned to his side mid flight, slashing the air in an incredible drop.
I grabbed his scales as hard as I could. I wanted to scream, but the air had left my lungs.
Tynan lowered us almost to the ground, avoiding the rooftops of the buildings below. I was keeping an eye on the dragon, realizing it was closing in on us with every passing moment.
Suddenly several tiny dots appeared on the horizon. It was Frid, Victor, and Sol. I recognized all three of them right away.
Tynan shifted to the side and I looked back at the monster. Seeing it so close, I was shocked by how large itwas. Its empty, milky white eyes stared directly at me and the power of that stare terrified me beyond anything I have ever known.
My heart was beating in a new, unfamiliar rhythm as I watched the shape from above descending on us. Tynan lifted us up and I tipped back, not finding enough strength in my arms to hold me up right. Everything happened in slow motion, my body slid down Tynan’s beast, and the next moment, I was free falling toward the monster.
The wind mixed with the dust blasted against my skin and obstructed my vision. I opened my mouth to scream and inhaled the small particles of sand that crunched under my teeth. Instinctively, I rotated my body in the air. With a violent crash, I smashed into the dragon, avoiding its fangs. My hand brushed the neck of the beast, and slipped right into its back. The monster made a hard stop and tried to reach his back with its powerful jaws. But I held on to its scales with everything I had left.
The next moment the black dragon was right above me.
I stood, and with all my strength, jumped up, trying to reach him. Tynan was so close, but at the last moment, my hand slipped and I was falling. I saw the fear in Tynan’s eyes as he dived down, desperately trying to catch up to me.
My body moved through the air with violent force. I opened my eyes, not able to tell where the ground was anymore. Panicking, I lost myself to fear, and my body reacted without me being in full control. The tingling of my skin and the familiar sense of my surroundings made merealize that I was shifting into my true form. I could detect the light pain in my muscles and the aching in my bones as I transformed. The free fall terrified me no longer as I turned my body and spread my wings, allowing the air currents to do the work.
In the silence that followed, l could plainly hear Victor shouting something and a loud gasp from Frid.
CHAPTER NINETEEN
TYNAN
My eyes followed the dragon shape that soared up in the sky and I swore, not caring that the others could hear me. Alina had shifted and her dragon was... red. She was a descendant of the red clan.
How could that be?
It was well known that the red clan was extinct. There was something in its bloodline that did not easily pass its qualities to next generations. The red clan was the oldest clan and was considered to be the closest to the gods. There was only one red dragon still alive as far as all of us knew.
I glanced at Alina’s scales which were shimmering with gold and copper. She was absolutely magnificent, she was like the pictures I had seen in ancient dragon books thatdescribed the history of dragonborns. No wonder the Red House was considered to be the sacred one. Just one look at her, and I was damn near finding my religion.
A sudden pull came from the side and I remembered that the crawler dragon was still on my tail. I swirled in the air and avoided the dangerously close jaws of the decaying corpse.
“What the fuck is that?”Victor yelled.
I had to agree, I had no idea what was going on. The undead corpse was still pursuing me, not paying much attention to the others.
“Which part?”Frid joined in.
“The girl is red!”Victor continued.
“Is this how you do it?”Alina’s voice joined in, unaware of the current topic.
“What?”Victor asked.
