Chapter Ten

My heart starts racing as I think back to the day Fafnir died.

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    I sit on the edge of the mountain eagerly waiting for my brother. Today, we are flying out to the human capital city of Mimmgar to negotiate the terms of our peace treaty with the king. Although my father is against it, my brother is insistent upon ongoing. My father affirms that we should not meddle in the affairs of lesser beings. I trust my brother's judgment, though, and I am willing to accompany him.

    I feel a hand ruffle my hair.

    "Hey Ellie, you ready to go?" Fafnir asks.

    I stand looking into his violet eyes as a bright smile plays across my face.

    "Of course, I have looked forward to this for a long time,” I tell him.

    He smiles at me shaking his head, his long, dark blue hair swaying with it.

    He turns away from me stripping out of his clothes, and I follow suit. I watch in delight as my brother fazes, his body being consumed by electric blue flames. Once we are both in dragon for