Calla"s jaw dropped. "No, I"m not—"
Jasmine"s grin didn"t falter. "Oh, fine. I can wait until you decide to make the announcement, but seriously… I never thought they had it in them to find someone. They"re so… stuffy."
Calla bristled at the condemning assessment of her dragons.
"Oh, you should see the look on your face." Jasmine clapped her hands together. "So, tell me how it happened."
"I…" Words failed her. She had planned to direct the conversation back to the interview, but suddenly she didn"t care about the council and its bogus assignment. She dropped her face into her hands. "I don"t understand what"s happening."
"Ah…" Jasmine patted her arm lightly. "I get it. I"m the last one who"d have expected to fall for dragons, but there is something about them, isn"t there?"
Calla slu
