Claskan often found Carina in the same position when he would land. He would land facing her, she would sit on her elbows and they would stare at one another. He didn’t approach her each time, he would instead simply wave and turn around before she could return the wave.
Every time he saw her laying on the grassy hill, forest sprawled behind her, he would blush. Admittedly no one could tell the difference between flushed and non-flushed scales on a red dragon. As soon as he transformed even the tanned skin was difficult to discern blushing.
He was traveling back to Ellende more frequently now. What was once every four weeks now turned to every other week where he would sometimes be gone for nearly four weeks. The family understood responsibility to the King, though he wasn’t their King.
