Kaleidos must have been closer to land that day than it usually was because Quartz reached the nearest beach in record time. Tilly slid off his back the moment he landed. “That was fun, right?” she said to the others as her feet sank into the loose sand.
Yadira climbed down and faced her. “Your aim with that knife was pretty good. You almost hit the baron.”
“Oh yeah. Thanks. I’ve been practicing ever since—” She cut herself off, remembering she wasn’t supposed to tell anyone about helping to defeat Lord Draven. That was something she’d achieved without possessing any skill in the fighting department, but she’d decided to change that upon her return to Kaleidos. She’d taken up magical defense at school, and in private, she began practicing with any weapon she could get her hands on. “Um …
