The Bond Of Dragons The Dawning

Chapter four: The night sky comes alive

Chapter four

The night sky comes alive

"So," Will said as we walked under the fluorescent lights of the stadium, "who was that guy? On the balcony with the silver eyes?"

I had the weirdest feeling he already knew that answer "he's the one that gave me the money," I said. "Well, I mean, he's the one who asked me some questions and then left, and then another guy came in, and he said he was a news reporter. Now that I think about it, he didn't even have a pen, paper, or recorder. He's the one who gave me a coin, and I gave that to this lady who was outside, but she wasn't there when I first walked in."

"Hold on," he said, putting his hands up. How many people did you see exactly explained from the top, please."

"I barely know you," I thought, "and just a few hours ago, I couldn't stand you" something changed inside of me. My view of him felt more comfortable being around him now that I've spent time with him, but still, he irritates me...less.

"Well," I said, "it is a long walk back." I started explaining what happened in the room. I didn't like how comfortable I was feeling around Will, but I kept talking. I even told him about the paintings and how the man acted around them. He wouldn't turn away from me as I spoke; a knot formed in my throat from his undivided attention. I tried not to look at him too much. His eyes were very intense when he was focused on something. He reminded me of the dragons I've seen in paintings in my dad's books. His gauze was so similar to the dragons, he had this effect on people. I've witnessed him being able to pull information out of someone just with a look most never even stood a chance; none of them even realized what happened. That made me feel uneasy about him, jarring me to the reality that I really don't know anything about him.

I went on with my story treading lightly at certain parts like the paintings and how the men pressed me for answers... kind of like Wills doing.

My heart dropped, my words stumbled, and I stopped my story. I feel like I was far behind. "Is he just using me?" I thought.

"What are you talking about?" Isha asked.

"Nothing," I said out loud. I started rubbing my fingers across my hand, and my breathing started to get harder.

"What?" Will asked.

He was getting ahead of me. At first, I thought he was starting to walk faster. But I stopped moving.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he walked closer to me, standing not even a foot away. My heart was racing. I thought my only possible human friend could be just using me for information about something. I thought of the golden card in my pocket and about the fight between the dragons before.

"Are you just using me?" I choked out, looking up, my eyes stinging trying to hold back tears.

"What?" he asked as he reached his arm up to my shoulder, but I hit it away.

"Are you using me?" I tried to contain my anger. "Are you just trying to use me for something, trying to steal the winnings?" My throat felt like I ate too much at once, and now it's stuck. My words can't get past the ball in my throat.

"Wh-why would you think that?" Will asked.

Isha sulked around us, her eyes darting between Diago and Will.

"Kiora," he said slowly, "I wouldn't ever use you why would you think that"

The way he talked soothing and slow it irritated me more

"don't talk to me like that!" it came out louder than I intended.

"Kiora," he said softly, "calm down...please, I'm going to help you just breathe."