ZADOK

I watched in horror as the dragon took Ithra farther and farther away from me. 

“Wait! Please! Don’t kill her!” I screamed with all my might. Praying that the dragon heard and reconsidered its decision - All to no avail. 

Instead, the dragon took her up to the roof of the cave and threw her into what seemed like a reef at the top of the rocks. 

“Not yet.” I heard the cackle of the dragon. “Sometimes, it gets lonely over here. I mean, it’s once in a thousand years before I can meet visitors in the dark forest.” he snickered, “And that’s not because there haven’t been a...