"But you are Dragon...how can my vision be as good as you? What is happening with me?" Silja asked. She was scared just like she was every time in the past.

"Your powers are awakening," Donovan said. His eyes were shining brightly as he looked at her.

"Power awakening? What power?? I...I..will destroy everything?" Silja couldn't understand what was going on. The more she thought, the more her fear started to gather in the pit of her stomach.

"Shh..." Donovan pulled her in his arms.

"Don't worry...this is not time to get scared," He started to pat on her back.

"Tell me what is going on?" She asked him desperately.

He could feel her body shaking in fear and the temperature of her body was very low. He could hear the whistleblowing in the distance and that means they were very close to the inner part of the forest. They were already in the danger zone. If she didn't gather herself he won't be able to implement his plan.

"Look at me.." Donovan lifted her face up.

"I will tell you everything.. but not now...we need to save ourselves first," Donovan said. But Silja was looking at him in a daze.

"Do you understand," he shook her shoulders.

"Yes..." Silja managed to say.

"Good," Donovan nodded his head and then he took out a bottle from his inner pocket.

"Here, drink this," Donovan gave her a small tin bottle.

"What...is it?" Silja asked. She wiped away the tears from her eyes.

"Alcohol. It will help," Donovan opened the cap and handed him the bottle.

Silja put the bottle on her lips after some hesitation and took a small sip.

As soon as the bitter liquid entered her mouth she felt like puking but Donovan pressed her nose shut and forced her to gulp it down.

He made her take a few more gulps and then put the bottle away before he himself took a few sips himself.

Silja was coughing hard on the other hand.

Her body was cold, so the alcohol will help her get warm and her mind will also stay focused.

Donovan rubbed her back lightly before she calmed down.

The drink he gave her was special alcohol for the dragons. Dragon's have higher alcohol tolerance than a human so the drinks they drink are much stronger but since Silja was a witch so Donovan was betting that she will be able to digest it without any problem.

"First you should tell me what are we facing and what is the plan," no matter how much disturbed Silja was before but she quickly gathered herself together.

"We are currently near the heart of the forest. This place is called Dragon heart. This area is a base camp of the rogues. Come here," Donovan started to explain. He then took Silja's hand and pulled her towards the dead body which was a few metres away from them.

In the rush of emotion, Silja almost forgot about the attacker Donovan had killed with his arrow.

Silja saw a man laying on the floor on his back. The arrow was peeking out of his back and the blood had pooled around his body.

"He is a witch," Donovan stood beside the body and kicked the body. The body moved and Silja could see his face. The arrow has straight entered his heart and he must have died before he even could realise what happened.

The long hair was covering the left part of his face but the right part was visible to the eyes.

On the right side, Silja could see the weird inking which Silja had never seen before.

There was a Crescent moon which was burning in flames from one side while the flowers were blooming on the other side. All the colours were blending perfectly making a beautiful tattoo. White moon, glaring red and orange fire and blooming blue roses on the left.

"The moon represents the Witches, the fire is the symbol of dragons and the flowers are for the dwarves. Those three races are the god of this forest. They rule together over this land. And even though it is the northern land my father has no claim on this forest," he said. Silja was a bit shocked. All the three races living together?

Outside of this forest, they don't go eye to eye. But here they work together against their own people to survive.

Donovan then sat down on his heels and started to examine the body. He took out some bows and other weapons like knives and small darts and showed them to Silja.

"These crossbows are made of dwarf's bones. If the blood of a witch is boon to dragons, the dwarf's bone is cursed. It can kill a dragon if thrust in the heart," Donovan showed it to Silja. The tip of all the bows was made of the white bones. Silja took a few of them and examined them carefully. The bones were made sharp by polishing them roughly.

It was the same as the legend goes that nature will never make anyone above. If Witch can make dragons stronger then, dwarves will provide a weapon to kill them.

The blood of the witch can cure any dragon wound within minutes. While a small graze from the bond of a dwarf can injure dragons gravely.

Blood and bones.

The cure and death walking together.

"Here keep them with you," Donovan handed Silja all the weapons and he also found some bottles from the pocket of the witch. He kept them in his inner clothes. Those were probably potions made by witches.

"We are currently at the southwest side of the centre. Since we have killed one of them, more will come sniffing us. Garrett and Jade will take everyone out from the southeast side and will be able to leave successfully. All we have to do is distract these people and give enough time to Garrett to take everyone away safely," Donovan gave instructions and gave a special whistle to Silja.

He put it in her neck securely.

"Don't go away from me and if you sense a dangerous blow two times and I will be there," Donovan said.

"Remember our motive is to defend and distract, not to attack," he said again and Silja nodded.

Donovan whistled subtly near horse ears and then gave rein to Silja.

"It's yours now," Donovan said.

"I can't handle it. It's very fast," Silja didn't take the reins.

"You can handle it even better than me," Donovan said, putting his hand on hers.

"You know...what is wrong with me?" She couldn't help but ask, her voice a little shaky.

"I do," Donovan furrowed his eyebrows as he replied to her.

"For now let's focus on what is on the hand, once we are out of here I will tell you everything," Donovan said and put her on the horse and he started to walk a bit far distance from her.

Donovan was running ahead while Silja was on the horse behind. Even with the high-speed horse Donovan still managed to keep up the speed.

Her whole attention was on the man and the more she looked the more he found him different. She doesn't know how he could manage to stay so calm in a situation like this.

What secret of hers does he know? How did he find out? The countless thoughts were occupying her head so she missed the trip ahead.

"Watch out," suddenly Donovan twisted his neck and yelled.

But it was too late. Silja's horse has already stepped on the trap. The trap was triggered and the arrows started to fly around.

"Snnn.."

"Snnnn..." Silja couldn't dodge all of them at once and one of them grazed her hand.

Silja quickly jumped away from the horse and rolled to the side. In just a matter of seconds, the horse died with so many arrows plunged into its body. His white body turned red from the blood oozing out of countless wounds.

Donovan ran towards Silja. He cursed in his head as he saw her wounds.

This time it was more dangerous than before.

He took out his handkerchief and bandaged her wounds.

"It's not safe to stay here," Donovan said without saying anything else.

But seeing the more wound on her his heart started to tighten for some reason.

Did he make a mistake by keeping her here with him?

After all, she was not familiar with this type of situation.

And her powers on the other hand were still not fully discovered. She won't be able to use them when she herself is unaware of them.

For the first time, he felt the fear crawling in his heart. Not for himself but her.

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