I push myself away from him, breaking us apart to stare into his eyes accusingly. “I thought you were taken away already, the cottage was empty! Why didn’t you leave a note or something?” I ask him, shaking my head in disbelief. He smiles sheepishly.
“I didn’t exactly have time for that, I started to gather firewood as soon as I got here. I barely made it in time. Elena had to project an illusion on one of the Gunguru’s Guardians, making everyone think that it’s me. They rode to the other side of the city, so the Guardians of Dairelis followed them, instead of going after me. There’s one ship in every city,” he states, shaking his head in disbelief.
“I know, we’ve barely escaped the ones in Garmobi. And the dragon! There was a bloody dragon in the Gray Woods! Not just that, we also
