-Valindra-
“What are you reading?” the king inquired.
For a moment, it was like my head didn’t even register that he had said something. His light green eyes were so magnetizing, and my stomach did a strange little clench as he watched me, looking at me like he found me to be the most interesting thing in here, which, of course, couldn’t be true. I mean, if you looked around, this place was a whole other world!
“About... dragons,” my voice turned into a whisper in the end.
I quickly cleared my throat and tried to focus on the words in front of me, but then I noticed the king leaning closer to me. When I lifted my head a little, our faces were only inches apart, and our eyes locked with one another.
“Interesting,” he remarked. “Learning something new?”
He wasn’t letting me focus on th
