I felt as if I won a major battle. Finding the sketchbook was heartbreaking and eye opening. Bastian's pain was so incredibly deep, and I would do anything to ease it. He needed to trust that I knew what was best. Stubbornness was the way of men and it didn't matter if they were human or dragon.
We ate lunch in the library and I realized something else was wrong. He wouldn't look at me when he finally spoke.
"I am going away with Laryn. We will be gone a few days and you are staying behind."
I calmly rested my fork beside my plate. "Where are you going?"
"We are raiding a neighboring realm."
Fear made my voice tight. "And I have no say in this?"
"It is the way of dragons. A bride's place when her dragon goes hunting treasure is at the hearth. You will do as told."
One step forward a
