Hey! said Dawn. You still with us?
Assa shook her head and brought herself back to her present situation. I was just wandering, she said.
Dawn put her arm around Assa’s shoulder. We understand, she said, but we need you with us. Alert and ready for anything.
Dusk nodded. We need to bide our time, she said, then we’ll break out of this place.
Assa smiled at them. You need a commoner to help you? Isn’t that kind of against the royal way?
Oh, commoners are important to us royals, said Dawn. Without you, we wouldn’t have anyone to boss around. She grinned.
Assa laughed, but it wasn’t a full on laugh, it was more of a knowing kind of fake laugh. It was a laugh to let them know that she got the joke, but she wasn’t going to let that keep her from knowing her place. She looked up at the dra
