CHAPTER 36Darkness and clouds conspired to keep Mara disoriented, as the wind pounded her relentlessly. Once again she had attached herself to a bony outcrop protruding from the dragon’s spine; however, this time she stood at the base of its neck, her feet planted firmly on its shoulder blades near the joint from which its wing erupted from its body. Her foothold rose and fell with the stroke of its wings, like an oar in water. She looked down at her feet and watched her knees slowly bend and straighten, trying to keep balance, as the dragon propelled itself through the murky skies.
She wondered if it knew she was here, that she had not fallen off. Her own skin was numb from the icy-wet air whipping across her body, but she was sure the dragon’s thick hide provided more protection. And th
