Tabitha
The lower the cage descends, the less the bracelets are magnetized.
I sit up, my palms planted on the cold metal, trying to orient myself. Something closes overhead, cutting off my view of the sky and leaving me in the dark, like I'm in an elevator shaft of some kind. Machines whir. The cage keeps descending.
I grab the bars and take a deep breath. Adrenaline courses through me.
The dragon was incredible. And he can turn invisible.
That’s why I don't remember our second meeting. That’s why I fainted. He lured me to the desert, and then a dragon appeared, and I passed out from shock.
Machinery hums, and the cage stops. I’m alone in the cool darkness. At least there’s air blowing in from somewhere, and it’s fresh and clean.
Slowly, a few lights blink on, and I retreat to the c
