Chains of the Claimed
Zarya
The entire flight home, I think about what Caelurion has said. He makes being claimed sound so ... good. But it’s not in our nature to give up our freedom or our independence, for someone else.
I need to eat, but I won’t dare risk getting captured by the many elvish troupes that now roam the forests trying to capture a dragon. When I get back to the Academy, I’ll find another dragon or two