I stumble over a protruding stone, breaking up my run. I"m getting tired, and it shows. Normally a ten-minute run isn"t a problem for me, but with the hike to the lake and the emotions of the day, that"s not the case. But I need to keep going, we"re nearly there. I can see the boulders in front of us.
"Raine!" Cobalt shouts as it happens again.
On instinct, I glance in his direction, even though I should be paying more attention to the dragon circling above us. I don"t know what it did at the lake, but apparently it wasn"t enough to satisfy the huge beast.
A blur of black comes towards me, and the next thing I know, the two of us are tumbling to the ground. He pins me there, the weight of his body pinning me there.
"What the..."
I"m cut off by a stream of flames from the dragon above.
