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Something was different.
There was this lightness in the air, the wind carried a soft energy that made my skin prickle.
After my brother and I got wasted on the cliffs, I passed out. When I woke up, my body was stiff, and he was already gone. The sun hung low, and my mouth tasted like something had curled up and died in it.
I stood up, stretched, and cracked my neck. It had been a while since I crashed in this cave. Mart and I used to sneak off here whenever our mom threw one of her glitter-drenched court balls. It was our hideout when things got too loud, when we were sick of being paraded around like prize bulls for a bunch of shallow nobles.
She barely noticed us unless it was to remind us how uncivilized we were. Dragon shifters, to her, were just filthy beasts. "Like your
