My gaze darted everywhere at flapping wings and then the darkness engulfed us fast.
After ten minutes of climbing higher into the air, we finally darted forward. I wished I had my iPod. I could listen to some music.
My muscles relaxed as I basically melted in Blake’s arms. Why did it feel so right if he was so wrong with me?
“You can sleep if you want to. We’ll get there faster.”
I didn’t answer and concentrated on the darkness with stars in front of me.
I wanted to ask him if he’d meant some things he’d told me, but why open myself up for more heartache. It wasn’t worth it. The wind burned my face, and I turned it toward his arm. The warmth coming from his bicep warmed me instantly. He smelled great, too.
I closed my eyes and somehow must have drifted away.
A hand shook me. “Wake up.” I did not know where I was, or what time it was, and I jumped slightly when I saw I was still on a dragon’s back, surrounded by others flapping around us. Blake squeezed tighter. “Easy.”
My heart pounded faster as I took a few deep breathes to calm down.
“Look,” Blake said and pointed in the distance.
There was a runway filled with orange and blue lights.
“What is that?”
“It’s Paegeia, welcoming you home.”
I froze as I stared at it andFix You’s chorus jumped into my head. Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones—more like my soul.
That was why I always felt that they wrote that song just for me. Like Chris Martin was a Moon-Bolt that saw me like Fox had, and put what he saw into a beautiful song.
Goosebumps spread over my body as the lights came nearer and I saw what made those lights.
It was humans sitting on top of dragons, fire dancing on their palms.
“I promise, we’ll fix you in no time.”
The tears fell from my lids. Why did he have to say that? I was glad that I wore goggles and that he wouldn’t be able to see my tears.
The dragons were huge as we came nearer. The dragon at the front reached the first dragon. They started to cheer.
Emanual opened his jaws, and a fireball escaped, making Blake laugh.
“Lights will guide you home,” I whispered. It finally happened.
There was nothing up ahead. My body rippled through a tingling sensation and then suddenly, nothing changed to everything.
The sky had more stars, and the colors were vivid and richer. A huge castle glowed in the distance as giant, shiny buildings with glistening frames and windows that were a shimmering hue of different colors towered in the sky.
I didn’t know where to look. The fire lights carried on and ended at a crowd in the distance by the castle with cameras flashing as we descended. My heart thumped like crazy.
“Welcome home, Elena.” Blake whispered and squeezed his arms tighter around me.
The first dragon landed, and Robert slid off his wing. I got ready for the jolt as Emanual made an impact with the ground but it never came. I kept my head down as the flashes danced off on his scales and my suit.
He stopped and laid down. Blake glided off first, and I followed.
My stomach dipped. It was quite thrilling. Robert was at the bottom and shielded me from the cameras.
“Just keep your head down, okay.”
