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Lilianya watched as all of her classmates who had passed all three tests touched the dragon stone. She watched their expressions as they touched the stone. A sense of surprise and anguish fell upon the face of every person as their hand touched its surface.
Lilianya wondered what they felt. Especially the painful expressions some of them showed.
Faelyn was next in line. Lilianya watched her closely. The young girl stepped over to the dragon stone and paused. Her lips pinched tight and her eyebrows bunched together. Faelyn’s hand reached out, hovering over the stone. Her eyes closed and her hand trembled as it touched the stone’s surface.
Faelyn’s eyes snapped open wide. Her hand continued to tremble, and it appeared like she wanted to rip it away, but couldn’t. Faelyn’s entire body s
