VER “Hold on tight,” Raven called over her shoulder. I gripped Shadow’s fur tighter as he bounded quickly toward the wall and only seemed to be picking up more and speed. Raven sat in front of me, holding on to his fur as well and shouted out commands to him the language of Valveronia. I could feel his muscles bunch as he abruptly pushed off the ground and leapt at the wall. I felt my heart jump in my chest I couldn’t help but grasp onto his fur tighter, my knuckles turning white. Shadow hit the wall and his claws seemed to get longer as they pierced through the stone wall with ease and he then began running up the wall with little effort. He leapt over the wall and into the kingdom below as soon as he’d reached the top, his claws scraping over the roofs of buildings below and sending r

