Sigrid shook her head, her ponytail swaying with the motion.
It didn't matter. What mattered was the reality of her situation.
The Rider's Covenant, the sacred bond she had dreamed about as a child had been formed.
She had willingly accepted a rider upon her back, and now that bond was sealed.
But, she never expected it to be in the way it was.
After all, she had always imagined her rider would be another woman. A sister in arms.
Someone she could laugh with, train with, fight alongside as an equal.
But instead...
Instead, it was Luca.
And that was exactly why she felt extremely awkward right now.
If it had been another female rider, she would have been delighted. She would have felt no problem letting another woman ride her back. She would have been rather enthusiastic about it, even.
But now, it was Luca.
Male. Human. The same race that had been raiding the continent helplessly for hundreds and hundreds of years.
