"If you want me! Then you have to come and take me!" As she screamed, the draconic fire burning inside her ignited into a raging inferno, and what Arad could see in her shadow was a massive brown drakaina roaring at him.
Before even knowing it, he had already shifted back into his massive draconic form, and without wasting a moment, she rushed toward him at full speed. Why did he shift? Was it out of fear, worry? No, the woman facing him was a drakaina, and he had to show her some respect.
Seeing Arad take his draconic form, Noel's mind flashed back to her past. She didn't know who her parents were, and the first thing she woke up to in this life was the cold, lifeless beach she got washed into.
