6 Instead of going to the classroom, Zaviana met everyone in the field. Guards and wyverns created a border around the area to keep any of the addicted dragomen away. Devarius still didn’t want to use wyvern oil if he could help it. Lilianya found it a ridiculous notion. She saw the addictive effect it had on people ingesting it, but she also saw it as one of the few ways they had an advantage over the empire. However, she believed that was why Zaviana was so adamant about training people how to use magic. And why she insisted on them using the oil with their magic. They all wanted another way. The oil was like a drug. Lilianya hoped they could find another way, but she didn’t know if she truly believed there was one. “Wyvern oil is dangerous,” Zaviana said, “and addictive. We have to

