Chapter 87

Natalia:

My heart raced against my chest as I felt my dragon being close and yet so far to reach.

I could tell that Crystal was here somewhere, I just didn’t know where she was.

Blake wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him as we entered the podium.

No one really bothered to approach us, and I knew the reason; everyone ow believed that we were either cursed, or they thought that they were going to watch us die.

I looked at mum who was standing in the center of the podium along with Blake’s parents and the two of us frowned before being approached by them. Almost everyone else had their families waiting for them.

Mum wrapped her arms around me, pulling me in for a hug before I could say a word, and though I didn’t understand her reason, I couldn’t help but feel my chest ache.

This was the first hug that she has given me in years.

She pulled away to look me in the eye before running her finger over my cheek, clearly in