Group Bonding

Walking through one hall, I could see the location where I assumed we needed to be. The only question was how to get there. This place was more akin to a maze than a place people once spent a lot of time in. Many of the doors that one would assume would lead there were dead-ends.

I stayed ahead of the group, though the others seemed to have become increasingly curious about Max and were now hounding him with questions. Most of them were harmless, but others were making him flustered.

I knew if I acted protectively, the questions would only grow in number and worse for him, so I tried my best to ignore them.

“So you’re descended from dragons?” Kayden asked as we turned back around to find another path. “But you have got no powers and are pretty much human? Can they awaken your blood? Mine was from blood, but I don’t know how it works for your people.”

“I don’t think so,” Max replied, rubbing the back of