"Brantley Frazier, King of Aztec. He is a dragon rider."
Her skin tingled with excitement. "There are dragons out there?" she was full of surprise as her eyebrows shot to the ceiling.
He laughed. "Only two that we know of."
"Oh! I would love to meet them!"
"I can take you to meet them, but mind it they are pretty moody."
But Anastasia was already thinking about how she would dragons. She had read about them in the books in the library. She became excited that she took a great decision to get out of Vilinski, but a thought flickered across her mind and all her excitement fizzled. She had to find Iona first. Her shoulders slumped. And why was she feeling the pull towards the energy in the stream? She took a deep breath to filter that feeling out of her heart, but the ether vibrated in her chest—aching to come out.
Ileus pulled her closer to him. "Are you okay?"
