10
“Holly?” a familiar voice croaked.
I groaned and tried to open my eyes, finding them stuck together with some kind of gunk. Did I stay up too late? That was the only time anything like this happened. Normally I was an eyes open and jump out of bed kind of girl.
“No, take it slow,” the voice said.
I tried to shake my head, but stopped when it hurt too much. What had I done last night? This wasn’t like me at all.
“I think you banged your head when you passed out,” the voice said. “I tried to catch you, but my tail isn’t all that dexterous.”
Tail? For the voice to have a tail, that must mean she was a dragon. I’d only seen one dragon shifted.
“Mama?” I asked, my voice cracking.
“I’m here,” Mama replied.
“Mama, my head.”
Soft hands touched my forehead, smoothing over the skin ther
