Soul Lovers

ing heavily as he fled his pursuers. He wore a sleeveless garment with a V-shaped, low cut neck and a pair of s

sneaky… “ The owner of the voice was joined by fi

one!” the bo

tain, and hid himself within a crevice. He clenched his fist and closed his

the edge of the mountain

A lady asked, p

hairy, middle-aged man with a scar slashing through his left eye, adorned in a glowing suit

they cried in

Jared to pass through them

o get him,”

. She knelt down on one knee and lowered her head causing the end of the plaited braid that crown

flowed in her flared nostrils and out again. She looked down the mo

him here; we need h

owly walked down th

d, shivering within the crevice. “

d Sniffia as she slowly slid down the same

y. Jared looked at the direction of the loud, deep, cry. His eyes dilate

ere still in hibernation?” he sa

!” someon

nd where they stood, disrupting Sniffia. She slipped, almost falling off the grassy c

em through the growing inferno. The fire reflected in her similarly orange eyes, catching the warm brown stripes

lames. A strong wind blasted out from his hands to the flames but to no avail, the flames refused to be quenched. He m

nging each time he shot his air into it. He could fly over it, but the shock that a dragon was right above him overwhelmed his d

body up. “Yes, my Lord… I… ” He

he temperature rose, the teenage boy shakily crawled towa

fired another ball of fire t

Jared cried,

f the cliff. Her fingernails splintered on the hard stone, her mouth pinned shut, holding

the dragon soar around them. “Why now? Why

l shooting all kinds of elements

need to leave he

fist. “Sniffia ar

Jared!” s

ce that quenched the vast colorful flames, pushing Jared and his men away. “Uagghhhh!!!” Jared shouted in pain as he landed

on the dragon’s tail, hiccupping blood and bleeding uncontrollably from his right chest. Her face c

olent creature!” the pitch in h

of the blow sent her flying off the cliff. The boy, still concealed by the crevice, looked up. He saw a female form rolling lifelessly down the side of the mountain. She cracked

down with her. He slid forward, catching himself on a rock just

girl!” h

nscious, bleedin

ger... ” He let out a strained grunt as his swe

nicking. Not sure which was more terrifying, the prospe

Are you… ” th

est. He slowly staggered to his feet, facing the dragon, breath coming hard, blood dripping from his armor

We need to

’t leave w

t S

eating a shock wave. The force pushed them b

destroy every bit of your soul,” the dragon warned in a deep tone, arching its long neck