Stroke the Flame

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My mouth dropped open. "There were others?"

"Of course,” she said, as if it were obvious. “You didn’t think you and Nysa were the only ones, did you?"

Nysa, the Black Dragon. Even hearing her name sent shivers down my spine. "I wasn't sure. I've never heard of any others."

"Because she kills them all before they become a threat."

I swallowed the lump in my throat. "But not me."

"She doesn't know about you. Yet. Best thing to do is to keep it that way as long as you can."

I nodded slowly. "We'll do our best."

"See that you do." Enva examined her fingernails on one of her wrinkled hands. "Any other questions? I don't have all evening."

She was mighty pushy, considering she was the one who’d visited me. "Why did the Gods choose me?"

She let out a sharp laugh. "They didn't."

I blinke