35. ANGEL

Everything was hazy. It felt like I was stuck in a fever dream. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get my body to react. At the back of my mind, I knew that I had to fight. I had no idea where I was, but I knew that I was in trouble. Cold was seeping into my skin. I couldn't feel my feet or hands at all. My stomach was twisting with nausea from whatever they injected me. They were talking, but I couldn’t make sense of their words. A low growl startled the men. Before I could even make sense of things, I was dropped onto the ground. I caught sight of something big moving towards the men before everything faded into darkness. *** We were flying. I was flying. My cheek rested against warm scaly skin. I could hear the powerful flap of its wings as we flew through the air. Had I been kidnapped by another dragon? I couldn’t see a thing, so I wasn’t sure whether we were heading back to the castle. What happened to the men who kidnapped me? I didn’t have time to think about it becau