I bolted.
Neyalim reached for me. I batted her hand away and she hissed in pain.
Hana blasted me with wind from the side. I flew off my feet… and into Vyns’ warm embrace.
“Uff. Oh… hi?” I said looking up at him as he held me.
“It’s true,” he breathed in awe, gazing down. “Heavens!”
I wanted to ask what was true, but we needed to get out of here first. “Run!” I hissed at him.
And he did. Vyns bundled me up in his arms and sprinted for the exit.
“I’ve got your back!” came another voice, gruff, deep, rumbling… I knew that voice.
The dragon!
Fuck!
He was here?
Wait… who’s back was he getting?
I tilted my head backward to look around Vyns and saw the large man behind us, between us and Saldrea’s crew. A blast of wind hit him as shards of ice peppered him.
He was protectingme?
He turned, and for an instant his gaze landed on me, and he smiled. “Go!” he shouted. Then he was running as well, bloody and hurt, but following after us.
Vyns burst through the doors of the library and was in the air an instant later.
WTF! We were flying!
A massive eruption of earth tore open the front of the library… wait… earth was elven magic. Was this Saldrea’s power?
Fuck me, she was strong.
An instant later, the massive form of a dragon also burst forth, looking rough, but strong enough to fly, great wings hauling it higher into the sky behind us.
Why in hell was the dragon helping me?
I didn’t know, but I was so very thankful.
“Where should I take you?” Vyns asked.
“Rook’s room… where we… were this afternoon.”
“They’ll look for you there.”
“I know, but I can’t let them find Myel.He’sthere!”
Vyns gave a grim nod and banked through the sky, flying hard, diving back down toward the lesser residence. I was sure we were going way too fast, and he’d slam into the ground, but his wings flared, and we slowed enough for him to step in through the broken wall of my room and set me down.
“Quick!” he hissed.
Didn’t have to tell me twice.
I dashed through the adjoining bathroom and found Myel and Rook commiserating, in the middle of some conversation about how to make things right with me.
