A vivid night sky spread out before a young man with bright, silver hair. It had been so long since I had seen stars, that I opted to looking at them too, despite the equally silver and bronze dragon curled up beside him like a cramped building. He had his hand on its snout, petting its nose like a kid would spin his pen in class. If a pen could be as big as a small car.
"You're awake?"
Roman, still dark, tall, and unbelievably handsome, stepped out from a rock archway behind them, his eyebrows high in honest surprise. He looked to be in the process of untying the last of his armor off himself while a pair of menservants followed behind to receive them. Both lurched back on noticing the enormous dozing reptile filling up the balcony.
I examined Roman closely, worried at how much his dis
