MARIETTA We had just gotten to the outskirts of the Northern Kingdom and I already felt nostalgic. I was looking forward to seeing my friends again but I was also really worried because the last place Valack had seen Crista was not far from here. He might have men patrolling that area and might have even sent men to the villages close by - including our village - to find her. There was a high chance this wouldn’t go well. Milan’s dragon suddenly grunted softly next to me and I turned to face it just as Milan jumped down from its back. I slightly tipped my head to the side when I noticed that the dragon was narrowing its eyes at me and giving me a look. This wasn’t the first time it had given me that look, it and Marcian’s dragon had been looking at me like that ever since they came ba

