“I promise I will,” Abioye said, as Ymmen slowly got to his feet, a shadow of his old strength returning, but faltering. He pointed his snout to the west.
“And then I will come and find you, in that new world,” Abioye said, reaching out to place one hand on my breastbone. “Nothing will stop me.” He looked deep into my eyes. “As soon as I am done here, I will ask every dragon under these skies to carry me if I have to. And I will bring you tales of your family, and your people, and of the Plains.” And I knew then, with absolute certainty that he would do all those things. For me. For himself. For us.
The beast of my heart leapt once again, this time to my mouth, my lips – and I reached behind Abioye’s neck and pulled his head towards me in a kiss that lasted long, and tasted sweet.
Between us, there still thrummed that golden thread, strong and indivisible, just as there was my bond to Ymmen, too. All three of us were together, and although I knew that we were about to be apart for just a short while, that was all that it was going to be.
Nothing can separate true hearts, bonded together as one.
About Ava
Ava Richardson writes epic page-turning Young Adult Fantasy books with lovable characters and intricate worlds that are barely contained within your eReader.
She grew up on a steady diet of fantasy and science fiction books handed down from her two big brothers – and despite being dog-eared and missing pages, she loved escaping into the magical worlds that authors created. Her favorites were the ones about dragons, where they’d swoop, dive and soar through the skies of these enchanted lands
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales, is entirely coincidental.
RELAY PUBLISHING EDITION, FEBRUARY 2020
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