I woke up not long after, only this time I was still wrapped in Jem’s arms. I could feel the horse underneath us, and I was surprised that I was sitting sideways like a woman, like I was raised to ride. Jem had his arms wrapped around me and the reins criss-cross in his hands, so he could maneuver his horse easily. I looked up at him, everything that happened hazy as I stared at his chin above my face. A group of wolves found us, and Ana was injured. We had to leave right away before more wolves came to us. Ana, my mind kept going back to her, the way her eye looked, how she was hurt, and it made my heart throb painfully.
I looked back up at Jem, wanting to think about something else, and remembered how he discovered my mother is a dragon. He seemed to know more about her than I
